Authorities to deport six foreigners soon
Authorities to deport six foreigners soon
JAKARTA (JP): Immigration authorities will soon deport six foreigners, all of whom female, who were arrested in an operation against illegal aliens in West Jakarta over the weekend.
"The five Filipinas and the Chinese were found guilty of abusing their visas and we'll therefore deport them soon and inform their respective embassies," Immigration Spokesman Haryo Subayu told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
The five Filipinos were identified as Rosalia Ragasa, Maria Charito Magtongob, Miralyn Yandog, Alma Nantes and Ailen Gaspang while the Chinese national is Zhang Lia, Subayu said.
All of them were apprehended on Friday morning in a rented room of a house on Jl. Hayam Wuruk 101 D by a team of officials from the Directorate General of Immigration, following tips from the public about their illegal work here, said Subayu.
Without having legal documents, such as work permits, the six foreign women worked as hostesses in the karaoke rooms at the nearby King Town entertainment center.
According to Subayu, the Filipinas entered the country on short-visit visas, while the Chinese woman came in on a social- cultural visa.
The operators of the King Town center have already confirmed their status at the entertainment place, Subayu said.
"For now the six women are being detained in immigration quarantine in Kalideres, West Jakarta," said Subayu.
The spokesman, however, gave no information about the owner of the house who had earlier prohibited the Immigration officers from entering the house.
Immigration regulations require that all visiting foreigners carry their passport with them wherever they go. Those who reside in Indonesia need only bring their KIM-S, or their temporary stay permit card, with them. Those who work here have to also own a working permit.
One of the illegal foreigners, Ailen Gaspang, told reporters after the arrest that she had been going to look for work at the Long Beach restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, when a friend of hers asked her to work at the King Town entertainment center with a monthly salary of around US$400.
"I never intended to work here," said Gaspang, who arrived here in January.
According to Subayu, there are large numbers of illegal aliens living in the downtown area, which is also known as the home of hundreds of camouflaged prostitution places.
"We plan to hunt down more illegal foreigners," he said.
Data at the directorate general of immigration shows that a total of 38 foreigners have been deported this year so far.
The office deported 195 foreigners last year, compared to 144 in 1994 and 277 in 1993. (bsr)