Entering Indonesia For Illegal Shopping, 4 Timor Leste Residents Arrested By The Belu NTT Police

The arrests of four foreigners from Timor Leste who entered Indonesia illegally. BETWEEN/Ho-Polres Belu

Belu Police, NTT arrested three women and one child with Timor Leste nationality who entered Indonesia and was active in Atambua City, Belu Regency, NTT illegally. They do not carry immigration documents. Belu Police Chief, AKBP Yosep Krisbiyanto said the four people were Filomena Pinto (47), Magdalena Ola (41), Glermina Pereira (43) and Manuel Fernandez, a 12-year-old boy. "They were secured while shopping at a shopping center in Atambua City," he told ANTARA from Atambua, Wednesday, April 12. The arrest of three women and a child began with information from the Head of Intelligence and Security Unit of the East Tasifeto Police, Bripka Muhammad Anas, about a public transport car departing from Mota Ain village, East Tasifeto District to the city of Atambua, transporting Timor Leste citizens who were not equipped with official documents. From this information, Unit Kam Sat Intelkam together with the Head of Intelligence and Security Unit of the East Tasifeto Police immediately conducted an investigation by following the direction of the car around the city of Atambua. "So at around 13.15 WITA, Kanit Kam, Aipda Lucky together with the Head of Intelligence Unit of the East Tasifeto Police followed a green microlet suspected of transporting Timorese Leste who entered illegally into our area," he added. The vehicle, after being followed, stopped at the market in Atambua, and continued its journey to one of the shopping centers in the border area. After being arrested, they were also examined and from the results of the examination it was found that the four residents from Palaka and Batugede Discric Bobonaro, Timor Leste, admitted that they entered Indonesia via the coast of Mota Ain, with the aim of shopping for merchandise to be resold to Timor Leste. "They entered Atambua since April 10 at around 07.00 WITA and lived in a family home in Mota Ain," he said. After being secured by members of the police, the four Timor Leste residents were then taken to the TPI Atambua Class II Immigration Office because they had become the authority of the Atambua Immigration. "That same day, we handed over the four Timor Leste Residents to the Class II TPI Atambua Immigration Office which was received by the Head of Immigration Intelligence Subsection Silvester Donna Making," he said. "The four of them, he added, were handed over to undergo the process in accordance with the immigration law which was marked by a report on the handover of foreign nationals," he said.

"We will submit the four foreigners in a safe and healthy condition after going through the re-examination process by the Immigration Office. Hopefully, as soon as possible, they will be deported back to their country and we hope that in the future there will be no more residents who are determined to pass illegally to us. If there is a need, it is better to go through official channels so that it does not become a problem for themselves," he said.