Australian, Dutchmen deported

JAKARTA: Immigration officials announced yesterday they would deport Australian Rodney Neil Shields and Dutchmen Raymond Jurgens and Giovanni Fransesco today, for abusing their limited stay permits (KITAS).

According to Zaiman Nurmatias, Director for Control and Action at the Immigration office, the three foreigners were in violation of Article 50 of Immigration Law No. 9/1992 because they were working in positions not allowed by their permits.

Raymond Jurgens KITAS permit designated him a technical advisor but was actually working as a general manager, he said.

All three men have been working at PT. Crown Pacific Jaya in Cilandak, South Jakarta.

The three will be deported on flight SQ159 to Singapore at 5:00 p.m. today. (mds)