Swedish tourists convicted

Swedish tourists convicted

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The district court here sentenced five
Swedish tourists to 10 months of probation and fined them Rp
200,000 (US$88) each this week for illegally capturing protected
butterflies at the Syklop mountains in July.

The five tourists, K. Anderson, H. Tjarner, H. Johnson, C.
Osborg, and Y. Scostedt, were guilty of violating conservation
laws, Antara reported yesterday.

The judges also ordered expulsion of the tourists on Tuesday.
The tourists and their lawyers accepted the verdict. They left
Irian on Thursday. (imn)