Foreigners held for visa violations<\/p>\n
BLITAR, East Java: The Blitar immigration office has arrested
\nfour foreigners -- two Pakistani and two Bangladeshi nationals --
\nfor alleged visa violations, an official said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Ade E. Dahlan, spokesman for the director general of
\nimmigration at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, said the
\nfour were being detained in Blitar.<\/p>\n
The foreigners had been living in Indonesia since 1996,
\nemployed as construction workers, were married to local women and
\nhad children.<\/p>\n
The detainees are: Malik Nafee Ahmed, 30, and Asghar Mukhar,
\n32, of Pakistan and Nazrul Islam, 33, and Muhammad Samsudin, 32,
\nof Bangladesh, Ade said in a press release made available to The
\nJakarta Post.<\/p>\n
\"They came to Indonesia on tourist visas and their permits
\nhave already expired. They also failed to provide other documents
\nduring the investigations,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The four violated Article 4 of the Immigration Law, he added.<\/p>\n
He said his office was coordinating with the embassies of
\nPakistan and Bangladesh to arrange their deportation. -- JP<\/p>",
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