Irishman released

Irishman released

JAKARTA (JP): The Irishman caught by police in an early
morning raid Thursday at JJ's, Jl. Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta,
has been released by police and cleared of all charges.

The Irishman, identified by police only as Br, phoned The
Jakarta Post yesterday to say he was unhappy that his arrest had
made it into the paper, claiming that this could damage his
reputation.

"I would like to make this clear and to bring this to your
attention so as to exonerate (sic) both my name and the company I
work for and to save us any further inconvenience or
embarrassment," he wrote in a written statement to the Post
yesterday.

Police had arrested him for possession of marijuana. (sur)