Deported Frenchman caught returning with false identity
Deported Frenchman caught returning with false identity
JAKARTA (JP): The government has deported a Frenchman for
attempting to enter the country using a fake identity after he
had been blacklisted for working in Indonesia illegally, an
immigration official said on Friday.
Vu Anh Quanh was deported to Singapore from Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport on a Garuda Indonesia flight on Thursday,
the director of supervision and law enforcement at the
immigration office, Zaiman Nurmatias, said.
"He had come back to Indonesia under a new name," he said,
without giving further details.
According to Zaiwan, Vu's deportation was conducted under the
watchful gaze of the airport's security authorities and top
immigration officials, including Director General of Immigration
Pranowo.
The extremely tight security was necessary because the
immigration officials had learned that someone desperately wanted
Vu to remain in the country, Zaiman said in a statement.
The official, however, was not willing to disclose further
details.
Zaiman said Vu's arrival was firstly detected on Wednesday
shortly after his arrival with a group of Australian tourists at
the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali.
The immigration headquarters in Jakarta was then informed that
Vu was on his way, via a Garuda Indonesia flight, to Yogyakarta
on the same day, he said.
Acting on the tip-off, Yogyakarta immigration officials
arrested the Frenchman.
"His arrest was a little bit difficult as someone came up to
us and wanted to settle Vu's case outside the system in a
peaceful way," Zaiman said.
The offer was firmly rejected by the local immigration
officials who sent Vu on to Jakarta under tight security control.
According to Immigration Office spokesman Mursanudin, Ghani Vu
was first deported on Aug. 31 from Soekarno-Hatta for violating
the immigration laws after being arrested at Hotel Shangri-La.
Instead of working as a business development expert at PT
Quatrisindo Diatech as his papers said he was, Vu managed an art
gallery at the hotel, Mursanudin said. (bsr)