Bali Immigration Arrest 10 Chinese Citizens Selling Electricity And Pulse Tokens

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BADUNG - The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, Bali, revealed that as many as 10 foreign nationals (WNA) from China who were arrested during immigration operations turned out to be selling online electricity tokens, household appliances and credits.

"They did e-commerce, trade directly here with China," said Head of the Bali Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Pramella Yunidar Pasaribu, Monday, July 22.

According to him, the activities of the 10 Chinese foreigners threatened the economy for violating the designation of the residence permit granted.

"A total of 10 foreigners who have been arrested have carried out activities that are very dangerous to the community," he added.

Meanwhile, Head of the Ngurah Immigration Office, Rai Suhendra, added that the 10 foreigners from the bamboo curtain country entered the Island of the Gods using a visit visa for business purposes.

"They use visit visas for business purposes (Indeks C2) so they should come here to carry out business talks or purchases of goods related to business," he added.

Suhendra added that the 10 foreigners who entered Bali did not enter Bali at the same time but gradually, namely the range of April, May and June 2024.

Currently, the 10 Chinese foreigners are being held temporarily, namely one person in the detention room at the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office and nine of them are being held at the Denpasar Immigration Detention Center in Jimbaran, Badung Regency, Bali.

In the near future, his party will deport the 10 foreigners and propose their names to the list of deterrence from entering Indonesian territory decided by the Directorate General of Immigration in Jakarta.

Previously, the Ngurah Rai Immigration team arrested 10 foreigners from China on us (11/7) at a villa in South Kuta, Badung Regency, Bali.

They have the initials CW 38 years old, WM 39 years old, JA 22 years old, XW 36 years old, JW reaching 33 years old, ZL 32 years old, XZ 27 years old, XT 28 years old, ZW 26 years old and YL 35 years old.

Meanwhile, based on data from the Bali Ngurah Rai Immigration Office during January-June 2024, 66 foreigners were deported, then 89 people were detention and 52 people were deterrence.