Arrested Malaysian Foreigner in Aceh Revealed to Have Married Local Resident
Meulaboh (ANTARA) - The Class II Non Immigration Checkpoint Office in Meulaboh, Aceh, has confirmed that LTM (62), a Malaysian foreign national previously arrested on Wednesday (8/4) in Lhok Gayo Village, Babahrot Subdistrict, Southwest Aceh Regency, Aceh, had married a local resident and had been residing in Aceh for a long time.
“Based on the examination results we conducted, LTM admitted that he had married a local Aceh resident since they met several years ago in Batam, Riau Islands. He then came to Aceh and lived with her family,” said the Head of the Class II Non TPI Meulaboh Immigration Office, Nicky Avry Muchelly, accompanied by Dedi, Head of the Intelligence and Security Section, and Samsul Bahri, Head of the Immigration Control Section, to reporters in Meulaboh on Thursday afternoon.
To the officers conducting the examination, LTM admitted that he had married his wife through a siri marriage, so their marriage was not officially recorded with the population authorities in Indonesia.
While residing in Southwest Aceh Regency, said Nicky, LTM was often asked for help by local residents because he had expertise in performing traditional healing without charging fees to the community.
However, while in Aceh, LTM claimed he was unaware that he had violated his stay permit in Indonesia because he had exceeded the specified time limit.
LTM also admitted that he did not have money to pay the PNBP fine of Rp1 million per day for the violation he had committed, in accordance with the Immigration Law.
Nicky explained that LTM was arrested by the Intelligence and Security Team of the Class II Non TPI Meulaboh Immigration Office along with the Intelkam Unit of the Southwest Aceh Police Resort at his residence in Lhok Gayo Village, Babahrot Subdistrict, Southwest Aceh Regency, during the Wirawaspada Operation.
Subsequently, the individual was brought to the Class II Non TPI Meulaboh Immigration Office to undergo further examination.
As of 9 April 2026 to date, the individual has been subjected to detention measures and placed in the detention room at the Class II Non TPI Meulaboh Immigration Office for the purposes of examination and further processing in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
From the examination results by the officers, the individual has committed an immigration violation under Article 78 paragraph (3) in conjunction with Article 75 paragraph (1) of Law No. 6 of 2011 on Immigration.
Nicky said this foreign national violated his stay permit in Indonesia because he had resided/stayed in Indonesia beyond the specified time limit.
“He overstayed for 237 days,” said Nicky.
As regulated in immigration regulations, foreign nationals holding an expired stay permit who remain in Indonesian territory for more than 60 days beyond the stay permit deadline are subject to administrative immigration actions in the form of deportation and blacklisting.
Nicky stated that the Class II Non TPI Meulaboh Immigration Office reaffirms its commitment to enforcing immigration law and maintaining order and security in the region through supervision of the presence and activities of foreigners in Indonesia.