Overstay, US And Russian Citizens Deported From Bali

DENPASAR - The Immigration Office in Bali deported foreign nationals (WNA) from the United States and Russia for violating a residence permit of almost three years.

"Although they argue that all these things are due to negligence, we can still carry out deportation," said Denpasar Immigration Detention Center Head Babay Baenullah in Denpasar, Thursday, October 26.

He explained that the principle was in accordance with the ignogenrantia legislative principle of neminem excusat, namely that ignorance of the law did not justify anyone.

The foreigner from the United States, with the initials EMD and a Russian foreigner with the initials KT, violated Article 78 Paragraph 3 of Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration.

EMD, the 44-year-old woman who has North Sumatra blood, exceeds her seven-month stay in Bali.

He reasoned that he had health problems and was traumatized after his lover died.

EMD was then temporarily detained at the Denpasar Immigration Detention Center (Rudenim) on October 6, 2023 due to financial constraints.

Meanwhile, a Russian foreigner with the initials KT has expired since February 2021.

He reasoned that he lost his cell phone so he could not extend his residence permit until he was finally brought to the Denpasar Rudenim on October 12, 2023.

The two were then deported this Thursday via I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport.

EMD was deported to Texas, United States by financed by the United States government representative office in Bali and KT returning to Moscow, Russia at its own expense.

Based on records from the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Bali Province, as many as 236 foreigners have been deported during January-September 2023.

There are also the top five problematic foreigners, namely from Russia as many as 63 people, the United States (16), England (15), Australia (13) and China as many as nine people.

Meanwhile, in 2022, 188 foreigners were deported from Bali.

Naughty foreigners who are subject to sanctions include abusing residence permits, bypassing residence permits, criminal acts to violating the norms and laws in force in Indonesia.