Overstay Of More Than 60 Days, Pekanbaru Immigration Office Deports Malaysian Citizens

NA (52) was deported to his home country, namely Malaysia through the Batam Center Port in Batam (Via ANTARA)

PEKANBARU - The Immigration Office (Kanim) Class I Immigration Checkpoint (TPI) Pekanbaru deported NA (52) a Malaysian foreign citizen (WNA) to his country of origin.

The woman with the initials NA (52) was deported to her home country Malaysia through the Batam Center Harbor in Batam on Friday, around 08.00 WIB.

"The deportation was because NA was proven to have violated Article 78 Paragraph 3 of Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration," said Head of Class I TPI Pekanbaru Kanim, Syahrioma Delavino to the press in Pekanbaru, Antara, Friday, March 25,

He said NA was known to have been in Air Molek, Indragiri Hulu Regency, since March 2020 using a Visit Visa Free (BVK) residence permit based on reports from his family.

He said the immigration administrative actions taken by the Pekanbaru Immigration Office officers were based on the results of the examination of NA's residence permit documents.

"As a result, it was known that NA had expired her residence permit and had overstayed for more than 60 days. Then we took deportation," said Syahrioma Delavino.

Syahrioma Delavino said the deportation was a concrete form of immigration law enforcement in the work area of the Pekanbaru TPI Class I Immigration Office.

Therefore, he said, it was hoped that the decisive action would be a lesson for all foreigners in Indonesia, especially in the working area of the Class I Immigration Office of TPI Pekanbaru to be able to comply with applicable regulations.

Head of Regional Office of Kemenkumham Riau Mhd. Jahari Sitepu, expressed his appreciation and support for the Pekanbaru Kanim.

"Still uphold the rules, even though the sky is falling. Maintain the authority of immigration, maintain personal integrity, and professionalism in your duties. Don't be bribed. The money is not much, if caught can be punished," said Jahari.

Jahari expects all Immigration officers in the Riau region to immediately take immigration action for foreigners who violate the procedures established by law.