Jones leaves RI on deportation order

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