'Handle foreigners with care': Mayor

'Handle foreigners with care': Mayor

JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito told subordinates
foreigners in the area must be handled extra carefully because
there were so many of them passing through the port.

The mayor who was officiating at the mayoralty's Coordinating
Team for the Supervision of Foreigners (Sipora) yesterday, said
tight monitoring of all foreigners entering, living and working
in the capital city was essential.

"Proper handling of foreigners and good service to them is
needed. I hope the team will deal with the problem properly," he
said.

The team was also expected to speed up the legal process for
foreigners charged with crimes, Suprawito said.

The coordinator of immigration affairs in North Jakarta, Moh.
Iman Santoso said the team was the first ever of its kind in the
capital.

The team members include Army, Navy and police officers,
officials of the prosecutors' office and city population agency.
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