Thai fishermen deported

Thai fishermen deported

MEDAN, North Sumatra: The local immigration office will deport
six Thai fishermen who have just completed jail terms for
entering Indonesian territories illegally.

Spokesman for the office Pardamean Siagian said the
authorities have contacted the Thai embassy in Jakarta for
arrangement of the deportation.

The Thai fishermen had spent four months in the Labuhan Deli
prison for territorial infringement.

Siagian said one of the Thais had tested positive for the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes the
deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). He declined to
reveal which of them had the disease, so that the person would
not be isolated by the others.

The six Thais have been quarantined while waiting for Thai
embassy officials to arrange their departure, Antara reported.
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