Immigration Investigates 2 Ugandan Women Allegedly Involved In Prostitution In Bali

BADUNG - The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office in Badung Regency, Bali studied two foreign nationals (foreigners) from Uganda suspected of being involved in a prostitution case that was revealed when they were caught in surveillance operations.

"We continue to carry out this operation to control foreigners as a preventive measure for foreigners' violations," said Ngurah Immigration Chief Rai Suhendra, Monday, August 19.

He explained that the Ngurah Rai Immigration Intelligence and Enforcement Team (Inteljakim) was investigating both of them regarding the timeframe they were suspected of practicing prostitution in Bali.

There are also two women from the country on the eastern African continent with the initials JN aged 34 years and SA aged 48 years.

It is suspected that the two were involved in the illicit business after the Inteljakim team checked communications on their respective cell phones.

Currently, both of them are being temporarily detained in the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office Detention Room for further investigation after previously being caught in a foreigner control operation on Friday (16/8) which was focused on eight points in the Kuta and Seminyak areas, Badung Regency.

The two women are known to enter Indonesia in April and July 2024 with the residence permit used, namely a residence permit for visits valid until September 1, 2024 and October 23, 2024.

Reported by ANTARA, JN and SA allegedly offered the prostitution to their customers targeting foreign nationals.

Based on Ngurah Rai Immigration data, from January to August 11, 2024, 86 people have been deported by a maximum of 23 people from Nigeria, 17 people from China and 12 people from the United States.

They were expelled from Indonesian territory for being involved in violating residence permits, misuse of residence permits, and being caught in a criminal case.

In addition, 71 people were prevented from entering Indonesia, nine people were subject to cancellation of residence permits and 121 were temporarily detained (detention).