Three Japanese questioned

Three Japanese questioned

SEMARANG: Immigration officials here have been questioning
three Japanese tourists who took part in an antinuclear
demonstration in nearby Jepara on Sunday.

The three Japanese, identified as Eri Kimura, 23, Sato
Daisuke, 32, and a woman named Inoue Yoko, 27, took part in a
demonstration near the site where the government plans to build a
nuclear plant.

Quoting an immigration official, Antara reported that the
three tourists misused their tourist visas for political purposes
with activists of Anti-Nuclear Indonesian Society.

"The Japanese came to Indonesia to take part in the
demonstration. They brought in T-shirts with antinuclear
messages," an immigration official said.

However, the official's theory was challenged by local
activist Joni Simanjuntak. "They came as tourists. They just
happened to be there when the demonstration took place." (pan)