Eight expatriates arrested for immigration violations

Eight expatriates arrested for immigration violations

JAKARTA (JP): Immigration officers have arrested eight
Pakistanis and three Srilankans for immigration violations.

Zaiman Nurmatias, director of supervision and law enforcement
at the Directorate General of Immigration, said yesterday the
Pakistanis were arrested at a house on Jl. Berdikari, West
Jakarta Tuesday.

The Srilankans were arrested at a house in nearby Palmerah
the same day Zaiman said.

The eight Pakistanis are identified as Moh. Rafiq, Syed Ibrar
Hussain, Chaudhry Sharil Ahmed, Muhamad Kamran, Arshad Pervez,
Talib Hussain, Zanid Ahmed Mir and Khursid Anwar, while the
Srilankans are Manickam Logasingham, Nagarajah Kopirahman and
Mahalingasivan.

The immigration officers, accompanied by local residents,
raided the house and found the three Pakistanis inside.

"We found many false passports and immigration documents. All
the documents said they were issued by the Central Jakarta
immigration office. We found one English passport with the
original photo removed," Zaiman said.

The house had formerly been rented by 15 other Pakistanis.
They were all arrested last year for forging documents.

"While the officers were checking the documents, five other
Pakistanis entered the house. We arrested them immediately,"
Zaiman said.

Three Srilankans were arrested in the Palmerah house for not
having passports. They claimed their passports were at the Swiss
embassy awaiting visas for another country. "They said they had
paid US$7,000 each for the service," Zaiman said. (sur)