Indonesians face trial in U.S.

Indonesians face trial in U.S.

JAKARTA: Eleven Indonesians recently arrested at their rented
apartment by police in New Hampshire, the United States, for
overstaying their visa will be taken to court on Wednesday (local
time), an Indonesian diplomat has said.

I Ngurah Swetja, Indonesian consul general in New York, said
on Monday that he had received the information on the date of
their trial while visiting them in their cells in New Hampshire
and Massachusetts.

The suspects were arrested when local police officers raided
an apartment where they had been staying with six other
Indonesians. However, the six others escaped arrest as they were
at work.

The accused Indonesians entered the United States on different
dates and worked at a car repair shop and a recycling factory.

Swetja said the suspects were all in a good shape and had been
fasting since the start of Ramadhan on Friday.

The trial will decide whether to deport the Indonesians or
not.

Swetja said the Indonesian representative office in New York
would continue monitoring the case until the court issued a
verdict. -- Antara