Five Chinese doctors held

Five Chinese doctors held

JAKARTA(JP): Immigration authorities have arrested five Chinese doctors for illegally practicing medicine in violation of their work permits.

The five doctors had permits to work as consultants at Pusat Pelayanan Kesehatan Tradisional Timur (a center for traditional Eastern medicine) in Central Jakarta.

On July 18, staff of the Directorate General of Immigration, visited the facility, posing as patients.

They caught the five Chinese doctors helping patients, the directorate's chief spokesman, Mursanudin A. Ghani, said yesterday. They were arrested last Tuesday.

The five were identified as Jia Qi Guang, Liu Shu Bao, Zhou Rui Hua, He Ming Yi and Guo Yan Hui.

Under the terms of their work permit, they can only work as health consultants and have to be accompanied by local experts. (04)