Englishman faces deportation
Englishman faces deportation
PALU, Central Sulawesi: The provincial immigration office here
will deport an English national for exceeding his permitted stay
in the country, Antara reported.
The office director, Darmawan Daud, told the news agency on
Wednesday that the Englishman, identified as Crispin Lancelot
Gibbs, 36, had been detained pending approval from the
immigration head office in Jakarta of his deportation.
Darmawan said Gibbs was held after immigration officers found
his temporary stay permit had expired when he was returning
immigration documents last Friday.
The permit had been issued after he was hired by an ecotourism
firm, PT Sarana Wisata Wakai. His contract ended on May 30, 2002.
Gibbs has protested his arrest, claiming that he holds a visa
issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Darmawan said Gibbs had found a new job as a voluntary diving
instructor with the Gorontalo administration, with the approval
of the province's governor, Fadel Muhammad. -- Antara
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Across-Merauke-ship
Merauke to buy PT PAL ships
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Merauke purchases PT PAL ships
SURABAYA: Merauke regency administration has set aside Rp 62
billion (US$6.9 million) out of the money it has received from
the central government's General Allocation Fund to purchase
three vessels from state shipbuilder PT PAL.
Regent Johanes Globe Gebze told reporters here on Wednesday
that the tug boat, passenger vessel and freighter that had been
ordered were needed due to the regency's geographic situation.
Bigger than Java island in terms of area, Merauke people rely on
river and sea transportation.
Except for the freighter, the ships were handed over to the
regency administration when President Megawati Soekarnoputri
visited the shipyard on Wednesday.
"The quality of PT PAL products is no worse than that of
foreign companies. Why should we import ships?" Johanes said. --
Antara
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Across-drugs-NTT
Drug dealers look East for new markets
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Drug dealers look to NTT
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Drug dealers are eyeing East Nusa
Tenggara (NTT) province as their new market, police have said,
pointing to the increased incidence of drug arrests there lately.
"Given the recent drug cases involving students, we see this
region has become a target market for drug dealers," said the
spokesman for the provincial police Comr. I Wayan Dana on
Wednesday.
He said the province was turning into a target market thanks
to the flow of sea traffic from the western part of Indonesia.
So far tracing the drugs back to the dealers stopped with the
arrest of the buyers. Wayan said buyers were unable to identify
the drug sellers. -- Antara
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Jakarta tipped to host Sampit trial
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Jakarta may host Sampit trials
SAMPIT, Central Kalimantan: Local councillors in Sampit have
urged the government to try those allegedly involved in ethnic
riots in the Central Kalimantan town two years ago in "neutral"
places like Jakarta and Medan.
The proposal was raised after the Ministry of Justice and
Human Rights disqualified Banjarmasin, the capital of neighboring
province South Kalimantan, as the host of the trial.
One of the councillors said that bringing suspects to justice
outside Kalimantan would prevent local politicians from meddling
in the legal process.
"Trying the suspects in Sampit will not trigger security
problems, but it is feared that the trial will be susceptible to
intervention from the conflicting parties," chief of Reform
faction Sugianto said.
Clashes between migrant Madurese and indigenous Dayaks erupted
here early last year over who controlled businesses, leaving
hundreds dead. -- Antara