Six Pakistanis to be deported

Six Pakistanis to be deported

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian government plans to deport six
Pakistanis back to their country on Saturday for entering the
country using expired travel documents, an immigration official
has said.

Director of Immigration Supervision and Operations Muhammad
Indra said in a statement that the six foreigners were arrested
earlier this month during a raid in Central Jakarta.

The raid, he said, was conducted after an executive of CV Indo
Saipan, which sponsored the visits of the Pakistanis, informed
immigration officials that the company had revoked its
sponsorship of one of the foreigners, identified as Naeem Ahmad
Taher.

Based on the tip-off, some of the officials, Indra said,
rushed to Jl. Kebon Jeruk in Central Jakarta to trace Naem but
later learned that he had left the area.

But the officials did not leave empty-handed as they were told
by locals that they should go to a place on Jl. Kebahagiaan.

After arriving there, the immigration personnel nabbed the
four Pakistanis with their stay permits, which had already
expired.

The following day, the officials netted two other Pakistanis
in the same place for a similar violation.

During questioning, the six foreigners admitted to entering
Indonesia without really knowing who their sponsor was.

"They only knew someone in Singapore, to whom they each paid
US$120. That person contacted CV Indo Saipan," immigration office
spokesman Mursanuddin Ghani said.

"They (the Pakistanis) are currently at Immigration Quarantine
in Kalideres, West Jakarta. They will leave this Saturday if the
process (of their deportation) is completed," he added. (01)