Batam immigration catches foreigners

Batam immigration catches foreigners

BATAM, Riau: The local immigration office said on Friday it
had prevented 129 foreigners from entering the country through
Batam over the last two months.

The foreigners include 47 Iraqis, while others were from
India, China and Singapore, immigration official Wachdiyat was
quoted by Antara as saying.

He said most of the foreigners were prevented from entering
the country because they possessed either a fake visa or were
using an expired passport.

Wachdiyat said Batam was a strategic entry point to Indonesia
because it was close to Singapore.

"We are continuing to increase our monitoring to prevent such
illegal entries. We're also doing our best to tighten checks at
our ports," he said. (04)