TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Class 1 Tangerang Immigration office apprehended 27 Sri Lankan nationals in several apartments in Tangerang.

The head of Tangerang Immigration Rakha Sukma Purnama said that the arrest was conducted following reports from surrounding residents who said they were uneasy about the presence of the Sri Lankan nationals in the apartments.

Officers from Tangerang Immigration and South Tangerang Resort Police then went to the scene to conduct an inspection. "The inspection resulted in 27 foreign nationals in different apartment units," he said on Tuesday.

When met by immigration officers and the police, they were inside their apartment units. Officers found that these foreigners have allegedly violated immigration laws as stipulated under Law No. 6 of 2011.

The details are listed below:

1. Violation of Article 78 (2) of the Immigration Law was allegedly conducted by 15 of the foreigners, which provided that failure to pay fines for expired stay permits will result in Deportation and Entry Ban.

2. Violation of Article 78 (3) of the Immigration Law was allegedly conducted by 2 Sri Lankan nationals, which provided that Foreign National who holds a Stay Permit whose validity period has expired and remaining in Indonesian Territory exceeding 60 (sixty) days from the Stay Permit expiry date is subject to Immigration Administrative Action in the form of Deportation and Entry Ban.

3. Violation of Article 71 (2) of the Immigration Law was allegedly conducted by 2 Sri Lankan nationals, which provided that foreign nationals residing in Indonesia must present and submit their Travel Document or Stay Permit when requested by an Immigration Officer on duty for Immigration oversight.

4. Violation of Article 75 of the Immigration Law was allegedly conducted by 8 Sri Lankan nationals, which provided that the Immigration Officer has the authority to enforce Immigration Administrative Action to Foreign Nationals residing in Indonesian Territory who engage in harmful activities and which presumably threaten security and public order or disrespectful or contravene the applicable legislation.

JONIANSYAH HARDJONO

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