Foreigners nabbed for visa violations

Foreigners nabbed for visa violations

JAKARTA: Three Uzbekhs and three Chinese were arrested on
Wednesday for visa offenses, said an immigration official.

The three Uzbekhs were identified as Sattarova Dina, 23, Tsoy
Andzhela, 19, and Gushel Yuliya, 23, while the three Chinese were
identified as Cai Ying, 25, Fang Haihua, 23, and Bing Lijuan, 32.

Ade E. Dahlan, spokesman for the Directorate General of
Immigration at the Ministry of Justice and Himan Rights, said
here on Friday that the six foreigners were detained for misusing
their tourist visas to work in the country.

The Uzbekhs entered Jakarta on Sept. 17 on tourist visas
issued by the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok, while the Chinese
arrived here on Aug. 7 on tourist visas issued by the Indonesian
Embassy in Beijing.

They were arrested during a raid on Wednesday evening by the
immigration directorate on the Diamond nightclub on Jl. Gajah
Mada in Central Jakarta, where the foreigners were working.

Ade said the foreigners told authorities they came to
Indonesia on a sponsorship from agents in their countries of
origin, with the promise that they would be given good jobs.
However, they eventually ended up working in nightspots.

Visa violations are punishable by a maximum sentence of five
years in jail, a maximum fine of Rp 25 million (US$2,941) and
deportation. --JP