Jones leaves RI on deportation order

JAKARTA: The Jakarta director of the International Crisis Group and her staff left the country on Sunday following a deportation order that has drawn concern from activists and intellectuals both from Indonesia and foreign countries.

Sidney Jones said Sunday that she and Francesca Miriam Lawe- Davies were departing from Soekarno-Hatta international airport to the U.S. following the issuance of a deportation order last week.

Jones is expected to carry on her research from either Singapore or Bangkok, Thailand.

The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) said that many ICG reports on Indonesia were untrue while the foreign ministry said some were not authoritative. -- Reuters