South Jakarta Immigration Arrests Foreign DJ and Dancer for Residence Permit Violations
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The South Jakarta Immigration Office, through a joint operation by the Foreign Nationals Surveillance Team (Tim Pora) together with the Pomdam Jaya military police, has arrested a disc jockey (DJ) and a dancer, both foreign nationals, who are strongly suspected of misusing their residence permits.
The arrests were carried out during an enforcement operation in the Kuningan area of South Jakarta in the early hours of Sunday (15/2).
"During the operation, officers apprehended ZS (a Chinese national) and KS (a Thai national) at a nightlife entertainment venue in the Kuningan area of South Jakarta," said the Head of the South Jakarta Immigration Office, Winarko, in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Based on evidence and preliminary examination, ZS was working as a DJ and had entered Indonesia using a Visa on Arrival (VoA), whilst KS was working as a dancer using the Free Visit Visa (BVK) facility.
In addition to residence permit violations as stipulated under Article 122 Paragraph a of Law Number 6 of 2011 on Immigration, officers also discovered on the ground that the location was suspected of being a gathering point for a community that should not have been there.
The Head of the South Jakarta Immigration Office emphasised that these findings have become a matter of special attention for the relevant authorities.
"We are not only focused on immigration document violations, but we also have a moral and legal responsibility to protect the South Jakarta area from activities that have the potential to damage the social norms and culture of the Indonesian nation," he said.
In response to these findings, the South Jakarta Immigration Office has taken strategic measures in the form of administrative immigration actions.
Both foreign nationals have been detained at the South Jakarta Immigration Office to undergo in-depth examination and face the threat of deportation and entry ban sanctions.
He affirmed that the state is present to ensure that every foreign national in Indonesia must respect the prevailing laws, including the moral values upheld by society.
"We will not provide space for practices that contravene the law," he said.
The South Jakarta Immigration Office has urged the public to continue actively reporting the presence and suspicious activities of foreign nationals through official complaint channels in order to maintain shared security and order.
The arrests were carried out during an enforcement operation in the Kuningan area of South Jakarta in the early hours of Sunday (15/2).
"During the operation, officers apprehended ZS (a Chinese national) and KS (a Thai national) at a nightlife entertainment venue in the Kuningan area of South Jakarta," said the Head of the South Jakarta Immigration Office, Winarko, in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Based on evidence and preliminary examination, ZS was working as a DJ and had entered Indonesia using a Visa on Arrival (VoA), whilst KS was working as a dancer using the Free Visit Visa (BVK) facility.
In addition to residence permit violations as stipulated under Article 122 Paragraph a of Law Number 6 of 2011 on Immigration, officers also discovered on the ground that the location was suspected of being a gathering point for a community that should not have been there.
The Head of the South Jakarta Immigration Office emphasised that these findings have become a matter of special attention for the relevant authorities.
"We are not only focused on immigration document violations, but we also have a moral and legal responsibility to protect the South Jakarta area from activities that have the potential to damage the social norms and culture of the Indonesian nation," he said.
In response to these findings, the South Jakarta Immigration Office has taken strategic measures in the form of administrative immigration actions.
Both foreign nationals have been detained at the South Jakarta Immigration Office to undergo in-depth examination and face the threat of deportation and entry ban sanctions.
He affirmed that the state is present to ensure that every foreign national in Indonesia must respect the prevailing laws, including the moral values upheld by society.
"We will not provide space for practices that contravene the law," he said.
The South Jakarta Immigration Office has urged the public to continue actively reporting the presence and suspicious activities of foreign nationals through official complaint channels in order to maintain shared security and order.