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Surabaya Immigration Officer arrested a woman from a foreign national (WNA) from China who became a jockey for an English test in Surabaya.

Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kanwil Kemenkumham) East Java, Imam Jauhari, said that his party appreciated the Surabaya Immigration and the ranks for this success.

"We appreciate the efforts to enforce immigration law. We also thank our media colleagues who have helped us publish the performance of the Surabaya Immigration office," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 5.

He said the woman with the initials YW was arrested by Surabaya Immigration officers, Monday (3/7).

YW was arrested by the Surabaya Immigration Inteldakim Team while he was trying to take an English language ability test at a language institution in the Central Surabaya area using a travel document passport that was allegedly fake.

"The goal is to become an English test jockey," he said.

Head of the Surabaya Immigration Office Chicco A. Muttaqin said the arrest came from reports from the public who suspected the perpetrator's activities at the English language institution.

"The Surabaya Immigration Officer then carried out surveillance. As a result, officers arrested the perpetrators for

"An in-depth investigation was carried out at the Surabaya Immigration Office," he said.

Imam said that during the search, the officers also confiscated evidence in the form of fake passports with photos of the perpetrators but with the names and identities of others.

"When checking the immigration system, the officers also did not find a crossing identity on that name," he said.

Officers also confiscated other evidence and three passports were also found

RRC with different identities, cellphones, laptops, tablets, and plane tickets as well as hotel booking codes as long as the person concerned lives in Indonesia.

"This mode (test jockey) was used by the alleged perpetrator to trick the language institution to obtain a certificate of English language skills," he said.

Imam said YW admitted that in carrying out his actions, he received a reward of 10,000 Yuan from his client who was abroad if he managed to reach the 6.0 standard.

He also admitted that this kind of practice had been carried out in a number of other countries that provided certification of English language skills.

"Regarding this, Surabaya Immigration seeks to take pro justicia action, YW is suspected of violating Article 122 Juncto Article 119 of Law no. 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration with a threat of five years imprisonment," he said.


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