Jakarta – Leaflets are circulating in the troubled Indonesian province of Aceh calling on all Acehnese civil servants to go on strike from October 1, a report said Saturday.

The leaflets, allegedly issued by the separatist Aceh Merdeka (Free Aceh) movement, called on the civil servants to halt work from the first minute of October 1, the Aceh-based Serambi daily said.

But the leaflets also said workers at schools, health and education facilities, the press and several basic infrastructure services, could ignore the call.

"Besides these, which we will permit to continue, all others should halt," the leaflets said. They urged people to follow the call and ended with: "Free the homeland of Aceh-Sumatra."

"We are being serious, all this is done for the sake of the people and a sovereign Aceh," Aceh Merdeka spokesman Abu Rozak told Serambi.

"This leaflet only concerns government officials and offices... while buses and public transport and shops will remain open as usual." Neither the leaflets nor Rozak mentioned the sanctions for ignoring the call.