Indonesia has closed Radio Erabaru which has ties with the spiritual movement Falun Gong.

The government in Jakarta has refused to renew the station's broadcasting licence since 2007 and today seized its equipment. Radio Erabaru had been broadcasting in Bahasa Indonesia and in Chinese from the island of Batam since 2005.

It says the government took action against it because Falun Gong has been banned in China. Jakarta admits that China had lodged a complaint about Radio Erabaru, but says the station was closed because of a shortage of radio frequencies.