Aussie arrested for abusing UNAMET visa<\/p>\n
TIMIKA, Irian Jaya (JP): An Australian man has been arrested
\nby local police for illegally entering Irian Jaya using a UNAMET-
\nvisa.<\/p>\n
Police said on Thursday that Saul Francis Dalton, a 26-year-
\nold rural development technician from New South Wales, was
\narrested last Saturday. He is now in house arrest at Serayu Hotel
\nin Timika.<\/p>\n
A reliable police source at the Irian Jaya Police HQ said that
\nif Dalton was a real UNAMET member \"he should have traveled to
\nEast Timor, not Irian Jaya.\"<\/p>\n
The officer who asked for anonymity said that Dalton brought a
\nWest Papua Morning Star flag, documents of alleged sexual
\nharassment by Indonesian Armed Forces members in Timika, and
\nother (political) documents related to Irian Jaya separatist
\nmovements. \"What does he collect those stuff for?\" he said.<\/p>\n
Dalton's lawyer, Iwan Anwar told The Jakarta Post by phone on
\nThursday that Dalton had been questioned by Timika police and was
\nwaiting for the result from the questioning. \"I hope after one or
\ntwo days he (Dalton) could leave for Australia,\" Anwar said.<\/p>\n
According to Anwar, his client left Kupang, East Nusa
\nTenggara, for Dili by KM Dobonsolo vessel. \"But he could not
\ndisembark in Dili, and finally he reached Jayapura,\" Anwar
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The lawyer did not explain why his Australian client left
\nKupang and why he used a Pro-UNAMET visa. (34)<\/p>",
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