Aussie arrested for abusing UNAMET visa

Aussie arrested for abusing UNAMET visa

TIMIKA, Irian Jaya (JP): An Australian man has been arrested
by local police for illegally entering Irian Jaya using a UNAMET-
visa.

Police said on Thursday that Saul Francis Dalton, a 26-year-
old rural development technician from New South Wales, was
arrested last Saturday. He is now in house arrest at Serayu Hotel
in Timika.

A reliable police source at the Irian Jaya Police HQ said that
if Dalton was a real UNAMET member "he should have traveled to
East Timor, not Irian Jaya."

The officer who asked for anonymity said that Dalton brought a
West Papua Morning Star flag, documents of alleged sexual
harassment by Indonesian Armed Forces members in Timika, and
other (political) documents related to Irian Jaya separatist
movements. "What does he collect those stuff for?" he said.

Dalton's lawyer, Iwan Anwar told The Jakarta Post by phone on
Thursday that Dalton had been questioned by Timika police and was
waiting for the result from the questioning. "I hope after one or
two days he (Dalton) could leave for Australia," Anwar said.

According to Anwar, his client left Kupang, East Nusa
Tenggara, for Dili by KM Dobonsolo vessel. "But he could not
disembark in Dili, and finally he reached Jayapura," Anwar
said.

The lawyer did not explain why his Australian client left
Kupang and why he used a Pro-UNAMET visa. (34)