Detained Filipinos to be repatriated

Detained Filipinos to be repatriated

MANILA (DPA): More than 130 Filipinos arrested for illegal fishing and other crimes in Indonesia will be repatriated to the Philippines next week during a joint naval exercise, the military said yesterday.

Commodore Adolf Borje, commander of naval forces in the southern region of Mindanao, said the 139 Filipinos will be transferred using one of the four Philippine navy boats participating in the four-day exercise.

The Filipinos, most of whom are fishermen from provinces in Mindanao, are currently detained in Bitung, Indonesia. They will be brought to Davao City, 990 kilometers south of Manila, where their papers for release will be processed.