Singaporean deported

Singaporean deported

JAKARTA (JP): A Singaporean man, who was arrested Thursday for
abusing his short stay visit visa by working for a security
company in West Jakarta, was deported yesterday.

Immigration department spokesman Mursanudin A. Ghani said Low
Soen Sim left Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for Singapore
on Singapore Airlines flight number SQ 157 at 2:30 p.m.

"Low was also forbidden to enter the country for a year,"
Ghani said.

Head of immigration's control and supervision department
Zaiman Nurmantias said Monday the man, who had worked for a firm
called UOBB Securities, was arrested at the firm's office on Jl.
Gajah Mada.

Low entered the country via the airport on May 29 with a short
stay visa which was only given for tourism, conventions and other
social and cultural purposes, Zaiman said.

He said the immigration office had evidence which showed that
Low had received wages from the company. But the management said
the payments were only to entertain business colleagues.

Low had also signed a letter on work procedures at the
securities company, which he had denied, Zaiman said.

The company's director Harjanto Tjandra told immigration
officers that Low was assigned by Singapore-based UOB Investment
Research to conduct a feasibility study on mutual funds in
Indonesia.

The immigration office has arrested 167 foreigners between
January and May this year, 79 of them for abusing immigration
permits. (jun)