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Indonesian police say they detained a Frenchman who trespassed on a military base while playing the augmented reality game Pokemon Go.
A spokesman for West Java police said that Romain Pierre, 27, was caught at a checkpoint on Monday evening after initially running away when challenged by security guards at the military complex in Cirebon.
Pierre was released a few hours later because it became apparent "he unintentionally entered the complex as he was hunting Pokemon while jogging," the police spokesman, Colonel Yusri Yunus, said on Tuesday.
Pokemon Go, which uses Google Maps and a smartphone to overlay reality with Pokemon creatures, has been a blockbuster hit in the US and other countries where it is available. It has not been officially released in Indonesia but is already popular.
Cabinet Secretary Pramono Agung told reporters last week he had captured a number of Pokemon at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.
The governor of Jakarta has said it could be used to boost tourism to the city.
But some security officials have voiced worries that the game could pose a security threat.
Police said Pierre works for a company in Jakarta and was visiting Cirebon, about 190 kilometres east of the capital.
Man caught hunting Pokemon on Indonesian military base
AFP on July 19, 2016, 7:41 pm
Jakarta (AFP) - A Frenchman caught trespassing on a military base in Indonesia has confessed he was playing the wildly popular smartphone game Pokemon Go when he accidently strayed off course, police said.
27-year-old Romain Pierre was trying to catch virtual "pocket monsters" during an evening run when he wandered onto the high-security compound, West Java police spokesman Yusri Yunus told AFP.
"He said he was hunting for Pokemons," Yunus said, referring to the digital creatures that gamers capture and train for online battles.
The Frenchman, on business in the port city of Cirebon, tried to run away when confronted, Yunus added. He was detained for several hours for questioning before being released in the early hours of Tuesday.
A local military spokesman urged the public to be vigilant, suggesting Pokemon Go could be used as a front for criminal activity.
"It's possible there could be many strangers trying to enter private property to commit crimes, but then pretend to be hunting Pokemons," Mokhamad Desy Ariyanto told AFP.
Since its launch two weeks ago, Pokemon Go has sparked a worldwide frenzy among users who have taken to the streets with their smartphones.
The game for mobile gadgets -- which overlays cartoon monsters on real-world settings -- has already been blamed for a wave of crimes, traffic violations and complaints in cities around the globe.
