Denying The Issue Of 59 Indonesian Citizens Deported By Saudi Arabia, Immigration: Returning To Indonesia Independently

Illustration. Hajj pilgrims from Indonesia are assisted to walk when they arrive in the country. (doc the Ministry of Transportation)

JAKARTA - The Special Class I Immigration Office of TPI Soekarno-Hatta, Tangerang, gave an explanation of the repatriation or deportation of 59 Indonesian citizens (WNI) by Saudi Arabian officers when they were about to go on pilgrimage. Head of the Soekarno-Hatta Immigration Office, Subki Miuldi, said that information related to deportation to Indonesian citizens who were worshiping the hajj was inappropriate. Instead, they returned to the country independently. "It's not deportation. Deportation has minutes and so on," he said in Tangerang, Wednesday, June 5, which was confiscated by Antara. He emphasized that the passport stamps from dozens of Indonesian citizens from Banten and Makassar, there were no signs of deportation from the Saudi Arabian immigration authorities. "There is no sign of deportation for the passport," he said. He emphasized that there was no notification from the airline or from the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the deportation of the 59 Indonesian citizens. "Usually even if there is deportation, the airline will notify immigration, but this is the fact that they returned to the country independently," he explained. It is known, as many as 59 Indonesian citizens are suspected of using fake pilgrimage visas to perform the pilgrimage. Although the security forces of Saudi Arabia made arrests and returned them to their country's origin. It is known that 59 Indonesian citizens are suspected of using non-hajj visas to perform the pilgrimage. Although the security forces of Saudi Arabia also arrested and returned them to their country. However, in this case, there were only 34 out of 37 Indonesian citizens (WNI) who were arrested by the security forces of Saudi Arabia because they were caught using non-hajj visas returned to their homeland, while three others will be legally processed. "Alhamdulillah, in the assistance, 34 people were declared free and this morning they have returned to Indonesia on a Qatar Airways flight that will arrive in Jakarta at 21.30 WIB," said Indonesian Consul General Yusron B. Ambary.

Previously, Saudi Arabian security authorities again detained 37 Indonesian citizens who were found to only have a pilgrimage visa, but were suspected of being desperate to perform Hajj. From the results of the examination by the security forces, dozens of Indonesian citizens used fake hajj attributes that had been used by official Indonesian pilgrims.