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JAKARTA, Wednesday (Reuters) The man accused of designing the bombs that rocked the tourist island of Bali last year and a Jakarta hotel last month plans to strike again in the Indonesian capital, the country's police chief said.

Azahari, a 46-year-old British-educated Malaysian engineer accused by authorities in several countries of being the top bomb-maker for the militant Southeast Asian Jemaah Islamiah network, is still on the run and one of the most wanted men in Asia.

"The group is still planning bombings and terror in several places, particularly in Jakarta," General Da'i Bachtiar told reporters before a hearing in parliament. "We have information that there are several materials which have been turned into bombs being carried around by several people, especially those under the leadership of Dr. Azahari and Nurdin M. Top," said Bachtiar.

After the hearing in parliament, Bachtiar said one of the bombs had a possible weight of around 150 kg (300 pounds).

"Originally, we didn't want to disclose this and scare people because this information came from statements that may be false. But we just don't want to take any chances," he said.

The police chief said the information came from interrogations of suspects in the August 5 bombing of the U.S.-run JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta that killed 12 people. Top is another Malaysian and alleged member of Jemaah Islamiah, al-Qaeda's link in Southeast Asia.

Police say Azahari trained as an Islamic militant in Afghanistan and the Philippines before taking up bomb-making.

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