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| Scottish oil worker reported kidnapped in Indonesia | Scottish oil worker reported kidnapped in Indonesia |
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| A Scottish oil engineer is reported to have been kidnapped in the Aceh area of Indonesia. | A Scottish oil engineer is reported to have been kidnapped in the Aceh area of Indonesia. |
| A spokesman for police in the province said the man was travelling back from a mine site with a driver when a group of armed men ambushed their car. | A spokesman for police in the province said the man was travelling back from a mine site with a driver when a group of armed men ambushed their car. |
| Police said there were no indication of shots being fired and that the car's driver was left tied up. | Police said there were no indication of shots being fired and that the car's driver was left tied up. |
| Investigations are ongoing into the incident and so far there have been no demands for ransom. | |
| Dr Sajjan Gohel, an expert on international terrorism and the director for international security at the Asia Pacific Foundation think-tank, said hostage taking in Aceh was unusual. | |
| He told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "Aceh is a very conservative province, so they are somewhat angry at the foreign presence of companies that may be there. | |
| "But nevertheless no-one would have anticipated this happening in Aceh, it's more likely that other provinces would have been more susceptible to hostage taking." |