8 Indonesians awaiting trial in U.S.

8 Indonesians awaiting trial in U.S.

JAKARTA: Eight Indonesians are still detained in separate
locations by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) of
the United States for immigration offenses.

An official from the Indonesian Consulate in New York, Daulat
Pasaribu, said three of them had been detained at the INS office
in New Jersey.

All of them had overstayed their visas.

They were supposed to go on trial last Thursday but this was
delayed due to the absence of an interpreter. The trial was
adjourned until March 17.

An information official at the Indonesian Embassy in
Washington D.C. disclosed that four Indonesians had been detained
in San Bernadino County, Santa Ana County, and Tucson County in
California.

The detainees were given 120 days to prepare for their return
to Indonesia. -- Antara