Immigration deports five foreigners<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Immigration authorities have deported five
\nforeigners following a sweeping operation against illegal aliens
\nin Jakarta and Bali last weekend.<\/p>\n
\"We deported two Filipinos and three Americans as a result of
\nOperation Orchid,\" Rahardi Suroprawiro, director of supervision
\nand execution of the Directorate General of Immigration said.<\/p>\n
The two Filipinos -- Lydia Arsenia A. Malicdem and Francisco
\nF. Brillantes -- were deported on Monday, while the three
\nAmericans -- Robert Hendrik Uyleman, Pamela Louse Uyleman and
\nSylvester Joseph -- left on Wednesday, all through Jakarta's
\nSoekarno-Hatta airport.<\/p>\n
Rahardi did not give details of their precise violations other
\nthan saying that most had overstayed their visas.<\/p>\n
Officials involved in Operation Orchid visited the inns and
\ndormitories most frequently used by foreigners in Jakarta and
\nBali and checked guests' immigration papers. Those people whose
\npapers were in order were handed a corsage of orchids.<\/p>\n
The immigration officers handed out hundreds of orchids during
\nthe operation.<\/p>\n
Only 28 foreigners were deemed unworthy of receiving the
\nflowers.<\/p>\n
Rahardi said that in Jakarta one Sri Lankan and two South
\nKoreans were arrested for failing to produce their passports, a
\nBriton for showing a fake passport and 12 Pakistanis for
\noverstaying their visas. In Bali, seven Australians were arrested
\nfor failing to produce their passports.<\/p>\n
He did not explain why only the two Filipinos and three
\nAmericans were deported.<\/p>\n
The immigration regulation requires that all visiting
\nforeigners carry their passport with them wherever they go. Those
\nwho reside in Indonesia need only bring their KIM-S, or their
\ntemporary stay permit card, with them.<\/p>\n
The directorate general of immigration reported that it
\ndeported 195 foreigners last year, compared with 144 in 1994 and
\n277 in 1993. Immigration banned 680 Indonesians from leaving the
\ncountry and 2,067 foreigners are barred from entering Indonesia.
\n(imn)<\/p>",
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