Arrest of
\nstudents in Yemen<\/p>\n
From Republika<\/p>\n
We deem it necessary to clarify a report that this newspaper
\npublished in its Jan. 30, 2003, issue under the title Two
\nIndonesian students detained in Yemen.<\/p>\n
According to reports that we have received from the Indonesian
\nEmbassy in Yemen, the two Indonesian students -- Suryadi Sadikin
\nand Mashuri Istab'at -- have been wrongly arrested by the Yemeni
\nsecurity authorities, who have intensified their activities
\nfollowing the Yemeni government's decision to prohibit foreign
\nstudents from studying at Al Iman University. Foreign students
\nstudying at this university will be asked to move to other
\nuniversities or return to their home countries.<\/p>\n
The report on this arrest has been linked, it seems, with the
\nmurder of the deputy secretary-general of the Yemeni Socialist
\nParty in Sana'a on Dec. 28, 2002. Investigations carried out by
\nthe Yemeni security authorities show that the perpetrator of that
\nmurder was a graduate of Al Iman University, although the
\nuniversity has denied this, saying that the person concerned was
\nexpelled from the university after studying there for only a
\nyear.<\/p>\n
The Yemeni security authorities have confirmed that the two
\nIndonesian students are not guilty of anything and have not
\nviolated any laws in Yemen. The students have also stated that
\nthey were detained solely because they are students at Al Iman
\nUniversity. Therefore, their arrest has nothing to do with the
\npolitical murder in Sana'a and the murder of three U.S.
\nmissionaries in Yemen.<\/p>\n
We can add that the two students have returned home, with the
\nIndonesian government paying their way. They left Yemen for
\nIndonesia on Jan. 11, 2003, and safely arrived in Jakarta on Jan.
\n13, 2003.<\/p>\n
M. WAHID SUPRIYADI<\/p>\n
Director for<\/p>\n
Information<\/p>\n
and Media<\/p>\n
Indonesian Embassy<\/p>\n
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