English national deported from Palu

PALU, Central Sulawesi: The immigration office here deported on Thursday an English national who has exceeded his permitted stay.

Crispin Lancelot Gibbs left Mutiara airport for Sam Ratulangi airport in Manado, North Sulawesi at 11 a.m. local time, flanked by immigration officials.

Palu immigration office head Darmawan Daud said Crispin would leave Indonesia from the North Sulawesi capital for Singapore. Darmawan said the Englishman, whose marriage with a Poso native has given him a 18-month-old daughter, was allowed to enter Indonesia using a new visa.

Gibbs told reporters he would return to Indonesia as soon as he obtained a new visa.

He held a temporary stay permit which expired on May 30, 2002 after his contract with a local ecotourism company ended. -- Antara