ACILS clarifies

ACILS clarifies

The American Center for International Labor Solidarity Jakarta
office (ACILS) issues the following public statement relating to
the recent newspaper reports about it.

ACILS has worked in Indonesia for more than 25 years and has
at all times followed all the laws and regulations of Indonesia.
It is a legally functioning organization in Indonesia and has
always been so. For these 25 years, its mission has been to offer
education, training and technical assistance to the workers of
Indonesia to improve their welfare.

Most of the reporting about ACILS and the case of Roger Smith
is filled with inaccuracies and errors. Roger Smith has a legal
work permit and residence visa and has never been arrested by the
police, only questioned. No other members of our staff have been
arrested or considered by the police to have broken any laws.

We regret that so many errors and untruths have found their
way into print and request the Indonesian news media to print
this statement as a correction.

TIMOTHY RYAN

Representative Head

ACILS, Jakarta