Three Koreans 'misuse' visas

Three Koreans 'misuse' visas

JAKARTA (JP): Three South Koreans have been questioned by
immigration officers for allegedly misusing their visas.

Zaiman Nurmatias, the director for supervision at the
Directorate General of Immigration, said yesterday the foreigners
were arrested at Kheun Sol Fashion shop in Ciledug, Tangerang,
last Wednesday.

The suspects, Lee Dong Eun, 35, Yeun Kwang Soo, 38, and Ham Il
Soo, 42, were caught working as shop assistants while their
visas, issued by the Indonesian embassy in Seoul, allowed them to
work as consultants in either government or private institutions,
Zaiman said.

They were rounded up by immigration officers who posed as
customers following a tipoff.

"Initially, they refused to produce their passports. They were
trying to contact someone and intimidated the officers by
mentioning an Armed Forces unit," he said.

Open since last October, Kheun Sol Fashion sells chiefly
Korean-made wear at wholesale prices ranging from Rp 26,000
($3.2) to Rp 211,000.

Run by PT Pinus Raya Perdana in cooperation with the Navy
Primary Cooperative (Inkopal), the shop has three Indonesian
employees. (pan)