E. Timorese student arrested

Fri, 12 Jul 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: An East Timorese student who is
registered at a university in Java has been arrested in
possession of fake rupiah banknotes.

Kupang Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Jermias Mirah said on
Thursday that the student, identified only as RS, 21, was
arrested as he was handing over the fake banknotes to pay for a
ticket to Surabaya on the KM Serayu ferry.

RS pleaded innocence, saying he did not know his banknotes
were fake. He said he had unwittingly changed U.S. dollar
banknotes into rupiah with a person at Comoro housing complex in
Dili. -- JP

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