Government will not protest over deportation
Monday 14 July, 1997 (6:57pm AEST)


The Federal Government will not protest against
Indonesia's decision to deport a Melbourne law
professor on the weekend.

Professor Spencer Zifcak wanted Foreign Minister
Alexander Downer to take action, after he became the
first member of the International Commission of
Jurists to be refused entry to the country.

But a spokesman for Mr Downer says the Government
will not buy into the issue because it considers the
deportation an internal immigration matter.

Professor Zifcak intended to observe trials involving
activitists charged with subversion against the
Indonesian Government.