Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Defense and Security Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono rejected on Monday rumors of two generals being involved in the bomb blasts in the tourist destination of Bali two weeks ago.

"Many rumors have been making the rounds about the Bali bomb terror. Only one-hour-and-a-half ago I discussed with the Indonesian Police chief the rumors about the involvement of two generals in the Bali bomb explosions," Susilo was quoted by Antara as saying. The senior minister clarified that no generals had been mentioned in intelligence reports nor in the investigation into the Bali tragedy, which killed more than 180, mostly foreign tourists.

"I would like to call on all parties concerned to allow the process of the investigation to continue and refrain from making any conclusion pending the conclusion of the investigation," Susilo said, reminding that making undue conclusions might lead to the rise of friction among social groups and even national disintegration.

The rumors about the involvement of the two generals originated from the manifest of an Indonesian airliner for a Jakarta-Denpasar flight at about the time of the bombings, which included their names.

The spokesman for the joint inquiry team on the Bali explosions, Brig. Gen. Edward Aritonang, said they did not have any information about the presence of a retired three-star police general nor an active three-star Army general on the island for unclear reasons prior to the explosions.