BEIJING, Jan. 19 -- A UN security consultant says a 24-hour ban on UN staff driving between the provincial capital Banda Aceh and Medan, the largest city on Sumatra island, was allowed to expire early Tuesday.

    The ban was imposed following reports that fighting had broken out between Indonesian government forces and insurgents - and after Denmark warned its aid workers to beware of an imminent attack.

    Per Sloth Moller, from the Danish Emergency Management Agency says that working in Aceh is safe.

    "Well, the warning goes for the whole Aceh province. And we have checked with our sources here locally in Banda Aceh and greater Aceh where we are working. And we have checked it with the UN Security Coordinator. And there's no problem for us as Danes working here in Banda Aceh and greater Aceh."

    In the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, an official with the United Nations World Food Programme, says the group is investigating the basis for the Danish warning.

    A spokesman for the Indonesian military in Banda Aceh, says the security situation is under control.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)