KUALA LUMPUR, November 11 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - The South Jakarta District Court rejected Monday, November 11, the lawsuit filed by Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir against the police, declaring that his arrest and detention was entirely legal.

Bashir's arrest and detention was not against human rights despite the fact that he was arrested while he was in a hospital in Solo, Central Java the judge said as reported by the Jakarta Post.

"The police may continue to detain the plaintiff," he told the hearing packed with disappointed Bashir supporters.

The Judge, Tjaraka Imam Widadadi cited a doctor recommendation, dated November 7, that Bashir "is healthy enough" to be detained at the police headquarters.

Bashir lawyer, Adnan Buyung Nasution, said that his client would appeal to the Supreme Court though the process will not prevent police from questioning Bashir or filing their case against him.

Bashir was arrested late in October on charges of his involvement in various bombings in the country, charges which he denies forcefully, saying that he would never condone the killing of civilians since it was against Islam.

He is currently being treated at the Kramat Police hospital in East Jakarta. No visitors are allowed to see Bashir though his personal doctor and close associates had a chance to be with him lately.

Singapore and Malaysia allege that Bashir is the spiritual leader of Jamaah Islamiyah, which has been recorded in the United Nation terrorist list. Bashir denied these allegations too.

In another development, Indonesian Police chief Gen Da'iBachtiar said the police have yet to find a link between Bali bombing suspect, Amrozi, and Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, Antara reported.

"We are still investigating it because we only secured testimony from Amrozi. We still have to cross-check the testimony with those of other people, including Bashir himself," Da'i said.

Amrozi was reportedly the owner of the Mitsubishi L-300 van used in the car bomb that blew up in Bali, killing at least 180 people. He was arrested Tuesday, November 5, and currently is being questioned in Bali. He is said to have admitted to have participated in the Bombing.

He also said he knew Bashir, though his own friends say Amrozi never personally met Bashir, but was in one or two of his lectures.

However, Maj. Gen. I Made Mangku Pastika, the chief of the investigative team probing the case, said that Amrozi had taken religious lessons under Bashir in Malaysia, where both men were living in the late 90s.

"Abu Bakar Bashir has many students and one of his students was Amrozi," Pastika told a media conference in Bali on Monday.