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.