Immigration deported 450 aliens in last year<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The immigration authorities deported 450
\nforeigners from Indonesia last year, largely because they had
\noverstayed their permits.<\/p>\n
In 1993, Indonesia deported 488 foreigners.<\/p>\n
Director General of Immigration Roni Sikap Sinuraya
\nannounced that Malaysians topped the list of people deported in
\n1994 with 73, Australians came second with 66 and Taiwan third
\nwith 62.<\/p>\n
Roni said the authorities are currently holding 14 Sri
\nLankans who were recently caught in violation of their visas.
\nThey are to be deported soon.<\/p>\n
During their investigation of the Sri Lankans, the
\nimmigration office discovered that an official from the Ministry
\nof Education and Culture had been providing them with forged
\ndocuments stating that they were students of the University of
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
Most of the people deported were caught during the recent
\nsweep against illegal aliens conducted by the Directorate General
\nof Immigration over the New Year holiday on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.<\/p>\n
Roni said the operation code named Waspada (Alert) rounded
\nup 160 people, including 59 Malaysians, 24 Japanese and 23
\nSingaporeans.<\/p>\n
Among those detained and deported were entertainers hired by
\nIndonesian clubs for the New Year celebrations. Many of them were
\nin the country without working permits.<\/p>\n
Despite the deportation of people from the neighboring
\ncountry, it was hardly tit for tat between Indonesia and
\nMalaysia.<\/p>\n
Roni said a total of 13,045 Indonesians were deported from
\nthe neighboring country in 1994 because they were in violation of
\nthe Malaysian immigration regulations.<\/p>\n
One deportation case that drew huge publicity last year was
\nthat of Malaysian-born TV star Nand Kumar, who was a hit in the
\nlocal television serial Si Doel Anak Sekolahan (Doel, the School
\nBoy).<\/p>\n
His popularity eventually drew the attention of the
\nimmigration authorities. In November he was given the marching
\norder because it turned out that his visa only allowed him to
\nwork as a disc jockey.<\/p>\n
Roni said the authorities could not accept Nand's plead of
\nignorance of Indonesian immigration regulations.<\/p>\n
All foreigners should know the Indonesian immigration
\nregulations before coming into the country, he said.<\/p>\n
Pleads of ignorance have been widely used as a pretext by
\nmany people caught in violation of the immigration laws, he
\nnoted.<\/p>\n
"I find it hard to believe that a foreigner has difficulties
\nin comprehending the regulations because they are written in
\nEnglish and not Indonesian," he added. (imn)<\/p>",
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