Camat At The Border Will Be Tasked With Supervisory Immigration And Customs

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JAKARTA - Acting Head (Plt.) Secretary of the National Border Management Agency (BNPP) Suhajar Diantoro said that the authority of the sub-district head at state borders will be added.

"The head of the border sub-district has the authority to oversee immigration, customs, and health / animal / plant quarantine for sub-districts where there is a PLBN (national border post) or not," Suhajar said in an official statement, reported by Antara, Friday, September 25.

According to him, camat at the state border have multidisciplinary knowledge that is not the same as camat in other regions so that their authority is increased.

In the Coordination of Capacity Building for Border District Government Officials in 2020 Regional I Suhajar said that the Minister of Home Affairs had agreed with the Minister of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform to not add to the organizational structure.

At the event themed Supporting a Productive and Safe COVID-19 Community, as well as the Success of the 2020 Regional Election in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, he also explained that the type B subdistrict head consists of four section heads and the type A sub-district head is five section heads.

So, he continued, at the border one of the section heads was managing cross-border.

"Please allow other sections, the ones that are obliged are government, development, community, and others according to the situation. That is what the Minister of Home Affairs asked for and it is handled by the Director General of Regional Administration," said Suhajar.