Foreigners nabbed for prostitution in Surabaya<\/p>\n
ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya<\/p>\n
A total of 30 foreign nationals were arrested on Tuesday at
\naround midnight in the Meteor discotheque on suspicion of
\nprostitution.<\/p>\n
They were arrested by a joint team from the Surabaya
\nimmigration office, local police personnel and other agencies,
\nsaid Yoostha Silalahi, an official with Surabaya immigration
\noffice, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The 30 foreigners consisted of two Russians and 28 from
\nmainland China. None of them had immigration or identity
\ndocuments, such as passports, visas or identity cards, said
\nYoostha.<\/p>\n
When they were arrested, the two Russians said that they had
\nleft their identity cards and immigration documents in Macau.
\nMeanwhile, the other 28 said they had left their documents in
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The immigration and police personnel were unimpressed,
\nhowever, and took the 30 foreign nationals to the Surabaya
\nimmigration office on Jl. Kayon, where they are currently being
\nquestioned.<\/p>\n
Yoostha Silalahi, an official with the Surabaya immigration
\noffice, said on Wednesday that the raid part of a regular program
\nof raids carried out by officials on night spots in Surabaya.<\/p>\n
According to Yoostha, the two Russians, had been brought to
\nJakarta and would be deported to their country of origin.<\/p>\n
The immigration office was still questioning the other 28
\nforeign nationals.<\/p>",
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