PNG to deport Irianese

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Fourteen Irianese students who crossed the border to Papua New Guinea (PNG) last year will be deported, Antara reported Saturday.

But the head of Irian Jaya's border affairs section, Alex Urubun, said no date had been set for the deportation.

The report also quoted PNG sources who said the students fled to PNG after a riot in Timika early last year when a market was torched after the arrival of the body of Dr. Tom Wanggai, a separatist leader who died of an illness while in a Jakarta prison.

The students were living in Vanimo and Wewak. (swe)