Three Pakistanis to be deported

Three Pakistanis to be deported

JAKARTA (JP): Three Pakistanis are facing deportation by the
Central Jakarta immigration office for entering the capital
without proper papers, immigration director for the office of
control and supervision Zaiman Nurmatias said on Friday.

The three were identified as Muzaffar Ahmed Khan (holder of
passport No. E.569449), Rana Muhammad Ateeq (No. E.080873) and
Sohail Akhtar (No. E.659297).

"They were arrested at the Central Jakarta immigration office
on Sept. 2 when they were applying for limited stay permits to
work at local contractor PT Sotara Duga for quality control,
business development and technical assistance," he said.

Their applications were about to be approved since it seemed
that they had met all requirements in line with existing
regulations, he said. When they reached the immigration control
and supervision section, however, one of the officers became
suspicious about the validity of their sponsor letters from
Sotara Duga.

"The officer later checked the company's stated address of Jl.
Mutiara 1, Central Jakarta, and found out that the firm did not
actually exist," Zaiman said.

He said that the three had been intensively questioned and
would be deported as soon as possible. (hhr)