Immigration Ngurah Rai Bali Tahan WNA Takbayan Makan Dan Hotel, Segera Diteportasi

BETWEEN/HO-Immigration Ngurah Rai Bali

DENPASAR - The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office in Badung Regency, Bali, detained foreign nationals (WNA) from Spain and Colombia, respectively, who did not want to pay for food and lodging during the holidays.

"We will deport both of them," said Head of the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office Suhendra in Denpasar, Monday, June 10.

The two foreigners are a man with the initials CGN from Spain aged 37 years and his partner from Colombia, a 24-year-old woman with the initials ATL.

The two arrived in Bali on May 13, 2024, via I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport using an on-arrival (VOA) visa with the aim of having a vacation.

They were previously arrested by South Kuta Police officers on Thursday (6/6) after receiving a public report because both of them did not want to pay for food at restaurants and lodging for 20 days without reason in the Ungasan area, Badung Regency.

"After being arrested by the police, many other victims with similar modes were carried out by the foreigner pair," he added.

The foreigner pair argued that they did not have cash and could not transact payments online, so they waited for money sent from the family to pay.

Based on police information, there are five places to eat and one inn for 20 days that the foreigner pair have not paid.

The police then handed over to Immigration and temporarily detained in the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office room on Friday (7/6).

To wait for the deportation schedule while completing the travel documents, the two foreigners were then transferred to the Denpasar Immigration Detention Center.

In addition to being deported, the names of the two foreigners are also planned to be included in the list of deterrence from entering Indonesian territory.

Immigration Ngurah Rai imposed Article 75 paragraph 1 of Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration as the basis for deportation. In accordance with Article 102 paragraph 1 of the Law, the detention period is a maximum of six months and each time can be extended for a maximum of six months.

Meanwhile, based on data from the Bali Kemenkumham Regional Office, during January-May 2024 there were around 142 foreigners who were deported, the most were carried out through Immigration Ngurah Rai as many as 84 people.

Meanwhile, during 2023 340 foreigners were deported or increased compared to 2022, which reached 188 foreigners being expelled from Bali.