Japanese man wanted for abusing visa

Japanese man wanted for abusing visa

JAKARTA (JP): Immigration officers are looking for a Japanese
man who did not return to their office despite promising to do so
after being arrested and released for abusing his visa.

Otong Hasan, the head of the immigration supervision and
measures subdivision of the Directorate General of Immigration,
said in a statement yesterday that the man, identified as Matsuo
Shunji, 46, was arrested Wednesday at the Centra Beauty Pro
beauty parlor in Plaza Indonesia, Central Jakarta.

The expatriate, who had a limited stay permit issued by the
Central Jakarta immigration office, was working as a promotion
consultant at the beauty parlor, Otong said.

"Shunji is working for PT Eres Revco as a promotion
consultant," he said.

He said that the investigation into Shunji started after the
immigration office received information that he was serving
customers in the beauty parlor, especially on Saturdays and
Sundays.

Shunji was arrested after treating an undercover officer's
hair.

During his work, Shunji, who had both local and Japanese
customers, was not accompanied by a local.

"If he can serve an immigration officer, he can serve
anybody," Otong said.

Shunji could not show his passport during the arrest and was
then taken to the immigration office in Kuningan, South Jakarta.

The immigration office released Shunji from its detention
center on Wednesday afternoon after Eres Revco promised Shunji
would return to the center at 10 a.m. yesterday.

However at 2 p.m. yesterday, Shunji had still not shown up at
the office as promised, prompting Otong to make his statement.

Last week, immigration officers also arrested seven foreign
nationals from Egypt, Japan, Malaysia and Zaire. (ste)