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Immigration office deports 13 Taiwanese suspected of serious crimes
The 13 Taiwanese suspected of taking part in cyber crime, money laundering and drug trafficking were deported on Thursday afternoon, the statement said.
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Immigration Director General Silmy Karim speaks about the need to change the mindset in the DGI to provide quick, correct and clean service with reduced face-to-face meetings during an Evaluation and National Consolidation Meeting (REKN) on Tuesday.
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he Immigration Agency deported 13 Taiwan citizens suspected of serious crimes to face legal proceedings in Taiwan, the directorate general of immigration said in a statement on Friday.
The 13 Taiwanese suspected of taking part in cyber crime, money laundering and drug trafficking were deported on Thursday afternoon, the statement said.
"After a thorough examination by immigration officers, the thirteen foreigners turned out to be perpetrators of serious crimes in Taiwan. They will undergo pro-justice process in Taiwan," director general of immigration Silmy Karim said in the statement.
Last month, the immigration agency arrested 103 Taiwan passport holders, the biggest arrest this year, on suspicion of running a cyber crime operation out of Bali. However, Taiwan has stated that it was informed that only around 14 of its citizens were implicated.
The immigration office said Taiwan police were involved in escorting the Taiwanese. The Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta did not immediately respond to request for comment on Saturday.
