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