Bern – Six Indonesian Christians, who have been holed up in the Swiss embassy in Jakarta since September 27 to press for political asylum, have left the premises, the Swiss foreign ministry said Thursday.

One of the Indonesians left Wednesday evening and the five others stepped out late Thursday afternoon, said the statement which gave no further details.

The five men and one woman climbed over a fence into the downtown embassy compound two weeks ago to demand political asylum and international intervention in the sectarian conflict in their home province.