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)