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<br>By Tri Iswanto<br> <br>JAKARTA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Wednesday transferred 23 Islamic militants to the capital Jakarta for questioning, including one of the suspected bomb makers behind the 2002 attacks on the resort island  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali từ hcm] of Bali.<br> <br>Zulkarnaen, thought to be one of the seniormost members of Al Qaeda-linked militant group Jemaah Islamiah, was arrested on Sumatra island last week along with 22 others in a series of raids.<br> <br>After the group's charter plane had landed at Jakarta airport, Zulkarnaen, who was wearing an orange shirt with a sarong, was escorted by anti-terrorism police from the plane.<br> <br>At a news conference at the airport, national police spokesman Aswin Siregar desribed Zulkarnaen as "a very, very dangerous person" for Indonesia and the world<br> <br>Zulkarnean is believed to have been involved in making the bombs that were used in the Bali bombings that killed 202 people and the 2003 bombing of the J.W.<br><br>Marriott hotel in Jakarta that killed 12 people.<br> <br>Indonesia has been dealing with militant attacks for the past two decades from groups such as Jemaah Islamiah, some of whose members trained in Afghanistan, [http://search.ft.com/search?queryText=Pakistan Pakistan] and the southern Philippines.<br> <br>In the wake of the [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali giá rẻ] attacks and with backing from Australia and the United States, Indonesia set up an elite anti-terrorist unit that helped weaken Jemaah [http://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=Islamiah Islamiah] and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html kynghidongduong.vn] resulted in scores of suspected militants being arrested or killed.<br> <br>But the ability of Zulkarnean to stay hidden for so long raises questions about whether the group has managed to remain a force and potentially regenerate.<br> <br>Police spokesman Aswin told reporters authorities aimed to track all the networks that helped him evade capture.<br><br>(Reporting by Tri Iswanto; Writing by Angie Teo Editing by Ed Davies)<br>