Bimantara warned for employing foreigners

JAKARTA (JP): The government has given strict warnings to publicly listed PT Bimantara and private television station RCTI for employing three foreigners without work permits, an official said on Friday.

Director General of Immigration M. Mudakir identified the three foreigners employed by the two firms as Briton Rowan Mark Legg, Filipino Lourdes Serafico and American Philip Pei Fan Wang.

"The three will be deported if they cannot process their work permits within one month," Mudakir said in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post.

Investigation of the three men began on April 22 by officials of the directorate general and revealed that Serafico and Philip Pei Fan Wang work at PT Bimantara as marketing and technical advisors respectively, while Rowan works at RCTI as a technical advisor.

Serafico and Legg both hold temporary stay permits (Kitas), while fan Weng has a stay permit (Kitap).

"However, none of the three have a work permit issued by the Ministry of Manpower," Mudakir said. (ylt)