Immigration deports US citizen who committed murder in a suitcase after serving prison sentence
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Directorate General of Immigration, through the Immigration Detention Centre (Rudenim) Denpasar, deported a US citizen with the initials TS, after the convicted murderer, whose victim’s body was found in a suitcase in 2014, completed his prison sentence.
Head of the Bali Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration, Felucia Sengky Ratna, in a statement received in Jakarta on Wednesday, said that TS was released from the Class II A Kerobokan Penitentiary on Tuesday (17/2), and then deported on Tuesday (24/2) evening through I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport.
“After TS completed his prison sentence, our task is to ensure that he is no longer in our sovereign territory, given that the serious crime he committed has disturbed public order and the applicable legal norms,” said Sengky.
TS was previously sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Denpasar District Court on July 9, 2015, for violating Article 340 of the Criminal Code.
The man was involved in a murder case where the victim’s body was found in a suitcase at a luxury hotel in the Nusa Dua area, Bali.
At that time, TS, along with HLM, his former girlfriend who was also from the US, was involved in the heinous act that took the life of HLM’s mother.
HLM was released earlier on October 29, 2021, and deported by Rudenim Denpasar on November 2, 2021.
After TS was declared fully released from the Kerobokan Penitentiary, TS was immediately handed over to the Class I Special Immigration Office at the Ngurah Rai Immigration Examination Post for the process of his departure and then transferred to Rudenim Denpasar.
Sengky said that during his detention at Rudenim Denpasar, officers ensured that all departure administration and coordination with the US Consulate went smoothly.
Based on the series of crimes committed, TS was subject to immigration administrative action in the form of deportation, as mandated by Article 75 paragraph (1) of Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration.
Sengky emphasised that this deportation is a real form of her agency’s commitment to upholding the law in Indonesia.
In addition to being expelled from Indonesian territory, Rudenim Denpasar also proposed TS’s name to be included in the immigration blacklist.
Based on Article 102 of the Immigration Law, a ban can be imposed for up to ten years, or even for life, for those who are deemed to pose a serious threat to security and public order.
“The final decision regarding the duration of the ban will be determined by the Directorate General of Immigration after considering all aspects of the case and the social impact it has caused,” said Sengky.