Sentenced To Theft Case Completed, Timorese Foreigner Leste Deported By Atambua Immigration

The deportation process for Timorese foreigner Leste, who was previously detained in Atambua Prison, was due to theft. BETWEEN ANTARA/HO-Imigration Atambua

NTT - The Atambua Immigration Office in Belu Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) deported a foreign national (WNA) from Timor Leste with the initials JAC who previously served a criminal period in Atambua Prison for a theft case. Head of the Information and Communication Technology Section of the Atambua Immigration Office, Reza Riansyah Abdullah, said the deportation was carried out after the intelligence team picked up JAC at Atambua Prison. "However, after being picked up, he was subject to detention for three days," he said from Atambua, NTT, Monday, August 12, which was confiscated by Antara. This was done while waiting for the travel documents to be issued by the Timor Leste consulate in Atambua. Rezza added that JAC is subject to deportation based on Article 75 Paragraph (1) and (2) letters a and f of Law Number 6 Year 2011 concerning Immigration. He explained that two staff from the Inteldakim Section of the Immigration Office Class II TPI Atambua coordinated with the immigration SPV at the Motaain PLBN to sign the Departure Supervision Letter and put the Indonesian territory stamp on the travel documents belonging to the 24-year-old Timorese man Leste.

Then continued coordination and signing of the repatriation file and handover of the person concerned at the Batugade Immigration Post. "The sanction given to JAC is to prevent him from entering Indonesia for the next six months, starting from the deportation period," he said. Previously, on August 5, 2024, Atambua Immigration had also deported six foreigners from Timor Leste for violating immigration regulations. The six Timor Leste residents were arrested at the entrance to Indonesia by Brimob members who were patrolling the Indonesia-Timor Leste border area. When they were about to enter Indonesian territory, they were known not to use official travel documents and did not go through an immigration officer examination at PLBN Wini.