Foreigners held over RI passports

Foreigners held over RI passports

TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang Police arrested a Briton and two other unidentified foreigners at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport late on Sunday for holding Indonesian passports.

Police chief of detectives Insp. Chandra Sukma Kumara said the Briton, Siddal John Arthur, was accompanying the other two foreigners, who had Indonesian names and addresses in their passport. The two foreigners were to be employed in the United States.

Chandra said the two foreigners, who had Korean and Taiwanese accents, were identified by their passport as Taufik Teguh, 25, a resident of Jl. Margahayu Raya, Margacinta district, Bandung, West Java and Alif Sumantri, 48, a resident of Jl. Warung, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

"Taufik, holding passport No. F784469, and Alif, holding passport No. G669698, were about to leave for the States at 11 p.m. along with Mr. Siddal. But when an immigration officer checked their passports, both Taufik and Alif could not speak Indonesian nor English," he said.

He added that the officers handed the three men over to police. They were transferred to the city police headquarters on Monday morning for further questioning. (41)