JAKARTA - Terror suspect in detention in Malaysia and Singapore are to give evidence in the trial of Indonesian terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir through a televised link, police said.

Police in Malaysia and Singapore, where the witnesses are being held on charges of engaging in terrorist activities, have agreed to such a method, national police spokesman Zainuri Lubis said.

"The Malaysian police force has promised to allow the witnesses to testify using the teleconference method," Zainuri told AFP .

Bashir, 64, was arrested on Oct 20 on suspicion of engaging in a series of church bombings on Christmas Eve 2000 and in a plot to assassinate Megawati Sukarnoputri before she became president.

A date for his trial has not been determined and police are preparing files to be submitted to prosecutors.