RI limits entry of Chinese women

RI limits entry of Chinese women

JAKARTA: The government said it has decided to limit the entry of
Chinese women under 30 years old into Indonesia in a bid to help
curb the involvement of foreign citizens in prostitution here.

"Out of 1,901 foreign citizens deported from Indonesia, most
are women under 30 from China. During the raids, these young
women were found to have been working as sex workers here,"
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin told members
of House of Representatives Commission III on legal affairs
during a hearing on Wednesday. He did not say when the raids
were conducted.

Hamid said that the Directorate General of Immigration would
tighten the requirements for visa applications submitted by
Chinese women under 30. He added that the tougher visa
requirements would be also applied for men from Nigeria, who
would be required to have clearance from their government stating
that they had no drug record, as many of them have been involved
in the drug trade here. -- JP