Indonesia suspends military cooperation with Australia

Jakarta

INDONESIA has suspended military cooperation with Australia after teaching materials deemed offensive to Jakarta were found at an Australian army base, officials said on Wednesday, in a fresh flare-up of tensions.

Cooperation including joint exercises and education and exchange programmes were put on hold last month after a visiting Indonesian officer raised concerns about the materials, officials from both countries said.

Authorities did not say what exactly caused offence.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported it related to posters of West Papua, an eastern Indonesian province where a low-level insurgency has been simmer…