Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang said Tuesday the culprits who threw two molotov cocktails at Tempo magazine office were intended to give bad image on the police.

"We truly regret the incident. Whoever did that and whatever their motives were, they have indeed broken the law. We hope the public trust us to investigate it," Edward told the press in Jakarta. He said the police had been seeking for mediation process with the magazine.

"Maybe they were people who disagree with the mediation process we have chosen. They want to make us look bad," Edward said, adding that detectives from the Jakarta Police had been hunting for the criminals.

Two people driving motorcycles threw two molotov cocktails which exploded at the office of the weekly news-magazine in Central Jakarta early on Tuesday morning. There were no injuries in the incident.

Last week's edition of Tempo magazine ran a cover story on the suspicious bank accounts of several high-ranking police officers, a controversial issue that has been in the media spotlight since 2005.