Jakarta – An official said on Friday that the long awaited trial of proindependence activist Muhammad Nazar would be transferred to Banda Aceh rescinding a previous decision to try the case in a neutral area, Medan, North Sumatra.

"The trial for the chairman of the Center Information of Referendum for Aceh (SIRA), who is charged with disrupting public order, is to be transferred to Banda Aceh," an official at theMedan District Court said, as quoted by Antara.

The trial would be presided over by the same panel of judges appointed by the Medan court. No further details regarding the schedule of the trial were revealed.

The Supreme Court had ordered the venue of the trial be moved from the strife-torn province of Aceh to the neighboring North Sumatra province due to security concerns.

However, Nazar and prosecutors were absent from the first hearing of the trial held in Medan on Wednesday. At the hearing judges adjourned the trial indefinitely.