Aussie deports fishermen

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Australia has deported another 104 Indonesian fishermen who were apprehended for poaching in its territorial waters.

They landed here on Saturday, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday.

Lukman Hakim, head of local social services office said yesterday that most of the deportees came from Roti Island. Others are from the Kupang regency, the Alor regency and from Sulawesi.

He said that another group of 100 fishermen are expected to return sometime this week. Many of the deportees had been arrested by Australian authorities for the same offense before, he added. (mds)