U.S. keyboard player detained

U.S. keyboard player detained

JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta Immigration Office is still investigating Paul Edward, an American keyboard player who was arrested at the Assembly Hall of the Jakarta Hilton Convention Center on Dec. 31 for abusing his stay permit.

Edward is a member of a jazz band whose lead singer is Patti Austin, a noted black American singer. He came to Indonesia on Dec. 30 on a visitors visa (BV-KS), which cannot be used for business purposes.

According to Faud Djapar of the Immigration Office, the investigation on Edward will be completed in three or four days.

The Chief of Central Jakarta Immigration Office, M. Soelarman, was quoted by Suara Pembaruan daily on Wednesday as saying that there are 300 legal foreign performers here from the United States, the Philippines, Italy, Singapore, the Netherlands, Brazil and various other countries.(mas)