BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police on Monday detained 18 youths suspected of trying to create uproar during the ongoing United Nations climate change conference in Bali.

    The people were detained aboard a boat sailing the waters off the Bali southern coast en route to Padangbai port in Karangasem district, Bali, a spokesman of the water police directorate at the provincial police said.

    Chief of the Bali Provincial Police's Information Service Snr Comm AS Reniban said the 18 youths were detained following a clue that they would come to Bali to stage a rally in connection with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

    He said police did not ban people from staging a rally on the occasion of the conference, provided they had informed the police about the aim of the rally.