Security Message for U.S. Citizens : Potential Threat Against U.S. - Associated Hotels And Banks

Official U.S. Embassy security warning

U.S. EMBASSY JAKARTA INDONESIA
01/03/2015

The US Embassy has been made aware of a potential threat against US-associated hotels and banks in Surabaya, Indonesia. The US Embassy recommends heightened vigilance and awareness of one's surroundings when visiting such facilities.

We strongly recommend that U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in Indonesia enroll in the Department of State’s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) at travel.state.gov. STEP enrollment gives you the latest security updates, and makes it easier for the U.S. embassy or nearest U.S. consulate to contact you in an emergency. If you don’t have Internet access, enroll directly with the U.S. Embassy Jakarta, U.S. Consulate General Surabaya, U.S. Consulate Medan or U.S. Consular Agency Bali, or the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate.

Regularly monitor the State Department's website, where you can find current Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and the Worldwide Caution. You can also find recent U.S. Embassy Jakarta messages to the public on theEmbassy’s website. Read the Country Specific Information for Indonesia. For additional information, refer to the “Traveler’s Checklist” on the State Department’s website.

Contact the U.S. embassy or consulate for up-to-date information on travel restrictions. You can also call 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada or 1-202-501-4444 from other countries. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to have travel information at your fingertips.

We advise all American citizens to register their cell phone number with 99388 so that they may receive emergency SMS text messages from the Embassy. Please be note that the number for registering to receive these messages has changed. An additional digit has been added. To register, please text: REGALRTLASTNAME#FIRSTNAME, e.g. REG ALRT BROWN#DAVID to 99388.

U.S. Embassy Jakarta is located at Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan 5, Jakarta; the 24-hour switchboard telephone number is 62-21-3435-9000. The telephone number of U.S. Consulate General Surabaya is 62-31-297-5300; U.S. Consulate Medan is 62-61-451-9000; U.S. Consular Agency Bali is 62-361-233-605.

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U.S. Citizens Warned Of Threat To Indonesia Hotels, Banks

Westerners, Americans, caucasians warned NOT TO TRAVEL TO INDONESIA AT THIS TIME  

BLOOMBERG
By Shobhana Chandra
01/03/2015

The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta issued an alert to American citizens warning of a potential security threat against U.S.-associated hotels and banks in Indonesia’s second-biggest city.

The U.S. recommended heightened vigilance when visiting such locations in Surabaya, according to a posting today on the embassy’s website.

Officials in December heightened security at U.S. posts worldwide after revelations that American-held terrorism suspects received more brutal treatment than previously known under a CIA interrogation program that was ended in 2009.

The U.S. security alert for its citizens in Indonesia was reported earlier by Reuters.

The AirAsia Bhd. flight that crashed into the Java Sea Dec. 28 with 162 people on board was flying from Surabaya to Singapore.

To contact the reporter on this story: Shobhana Chandra in Washington at schandra1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Bernard Kohn at bkohn2@bloomberg.net Sylvia Wier.

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