Immigration office in Medan

Immigration office in Medan

With reference to Donna K Woodward's letter in The Jakarta
Post of Saturday, June 6, 1998, which was intended as a response
to the letter of the public relations head of the Directorate
General of Immigration (M.A. Gani) published on June 3, 1998 in
the same newspaper, we would like to bring the following to your
notice:

1. Pursuant to the laws prevailing in Indonesia, every
complaint must be accompanied with authentic evidence. In the
absence of such evidence, a complaint will be considered an act
of tarnishing someone's reputation;

2. The response given by Mr. M.A. Gani in his capacity as
public relations head of the Directorate General of Immigration
is in keeping with point 1 referred to above;

3. To avoid a long-dragging polemic which will not settle any
problem, it is suggested that:

a. Evidence, i.e. the victim as a witness, written evidence, the
recipient officer and other information which may explain the
circumstances at the time in question, should be presented
immediately;

b. The said evidence should be presented directly to us so that
the examination may soon be followed up.

4. As a law-abiding state, the Indonesian government
guarantees that everyone domiciled in Indonesian territory will
be entitled to make a legal attempt against the apparatuses' acts
which do not conform to the prevailing stipulations. In this
respect I guarantee that there will be no retaliation to anybody
making this legal attempt.

Thank you for your attention.

Pranowo

Director General of Immigration