In Trouble With Not Having A Document, 200 Indonesian Citizens Were Returned To Malaysia Via Sanggau West Kalimantan

As many as 200 problematic Indonesian citizens (WNI) were repatriated or deported by the Malaysian Government through the Entikong State Border Post (PLBN) on the Indonesia-Malaysia/ANTARA border.

The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia (KJRI) Kuching provided assistance to 200 problematic Indonesian citizens (WNI) who were repatriated by Malaysians to Indonesia through a border gate in Entikong, Sanggau area, West Kalimantan. "The problematic Indonesian citizens who were sent home on average did not have immigration documents, so we helped with documents for repatriation such as travel documents such as passports," said Immigration Technical Staff of the Indonesian Consulate General in Kuching Ronny Fajar Purba in a written statement received in Pontianak, Antara, Friday, February 3. He explained that of the 200 Indonesian citizens who were deported or repatriated, 54 of them had passports that were no longer valid, while 146 others did not have complete immigration documents. So, for the smooth return of 200 Indonesian citizens, the Indonesian Consulate General in Kuching helped with repatriation documents, one of which was a passport-like travel document (SPLP). Meanwhile, the implementation of the Consular Function 1 of the Indonesian Consulate General in Kuching Budimansyah explained that the 200 problematic Indonesians had previously undergone legal proceedings by the Malaysian Immigration Office from the Bekenu detention depot, Miri, Sarawak-Malayia. He said that the Indonesian Consulate General in Kuching provided assistance to the Indonesian Consulate General in returning the Indonesian citizens from Bekenu Miri with a distance of about 850 kilometers to Kuching and continued to the Entikong State Border Post (PLBN), West Kalimantan Sanggau with a travel time of about 18 hours. "The repatriation process is safe and smooth, we thank all those who have helped the repatriation process of the Indonesian citizen," he said. Regarding the 200 Indonesian citizens who were repatriated, it was immediately handed over to the Entikong Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI), and then repatriated to their respective areas of origin.