Philippine police yesterday cleared a Saudi national, who was earlier arrested in Zamboanga City on suspicion of being a terrorist, officials said. Airport police and immigration agents arrested Mohammad Abdullah Sughayer at the Zamboanga City International Airport when he arrived from Manila on Jan. 17, after his name was included in the government's watch list, said Supt. Ibar Padao, chief of the Aviation Security Group.Police intelligence chief Ismael Rafanan said the Saudi was not a member of the Al-Qaeda terror network. "He is not a member of the Al-Qaeda and he is not a terrorist," Rafanan told reporters in Manila. He said the Saudi was only invited for questioning a week after agents interrogated him on suspicion that he was an Al-Qaeda operative. Sughayer, who claimed to be a businessman, was initially interrogated in Zamboanga City, but flown back to Manila on Jan. 18 where he was further investigated. A local newspaper Sunstar Zamboanga yesterday ran a story about Sughayer and linked him to the Al-Qaeda network. It said the man, described in the report as a wealthy businessman, traveled to Zamboanga to link up or help finance the terror activities of a local militant group Abu Sayyaf.