Pontianak says no to SBKRI

Pontianak says no to SBKRI

PONTIANAK: Following in the footsteps of several other towns,
the Pontianak administration officially announced on Monday the
revocation of a discriminatory policy that requires
Chinese-Indonesians to produce citizenship certificates called
SBKRI, for administrative and civil purposes.

However, the certificates could still be required under
certain circumstances if a person's citizenship was called into
question.

The certificate is mandatory for foreigners who have become
Indonesian citizens, and for their offspring.

Several other administrations have scrapped the discriminatory
policy, including Surakarta, Semarang, and Jakarta. -- Antara