Mahfud MD: 6 Exils For Free Visa Visit Indonesia

Coordinating Minister For Political, Legal And Security Affairs Mahfud MD/DOK Kemenko Polhukam

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said there were six excavators who applied for a "multiple entry visa" to freely visit Indonesia.

After visiting the Netherlands and the Czechs for a dialogue, Mahfud explained that the excavators who were victims of gross human rights violations in 1965 welcomed the form of granting visas as a form of restoring constitutional rights from the Government.

"There are six who want to return to Indonesia, six who registered directly on my visit," Mahfud said when met at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, reported by ANTARA, Monday, September 4.

Mahfud detailed that three of the six exils already hold the "multiple entry visa" with a validity period for visits to Indonesia for five years, without being updated. Meanwhile, the other three exports are still completing administrative requirements.

Mahfud explained that not all the exploits he met wanted to return to Indonesia because they were already married in their country of origin and did not have any more assets if they returned to Indonesia.

However, the excavators respect the Government's steps to restore citizenship rights by providing convenience for immigration services.

The restoration of rights is an implementation of Presidential Instruction (Inpres) 2 of 2023 concerning the Implementation of Recommendations for Non-judicial Settlement of Serious Violations of Human Rights.

According to Mahfud, the 82-year-old executives were touched because the Government paid attention to their constitutional rights by managing visas for free.

"If you want to visit, we will have a'multiple entry' for free at no cost. They cry because it turns out that the government is now really paying attention to them," he said.

During his working visit to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Mahfud met with 75 excavators, while during a dialogue in Prague, the Czechs, he met 14 excavators.

Based on the findings of Komnas HAM's work, there were 139 former service bond students who were in Europe.