The South Jakarta Immigration office has established a special team to supervise foreigners living in the area.
South Jakarta immigration office head Cucu Koswala said the team had been established to address crime and problems that arise due to the growing number of foreigners in the area.
"South Jakarta is the area with most foreign residents, totaling around 11,000,” Cucu said on Wednesday.
He said the area expected an influx of foreign workers with the full implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community and the scrapping of the visa requirement for 169 countries.
The team is to comprise of officers from the municipality office, subdistrict offices, the police, military, court, prosecutor’s office, and narcotics and intelligence agencies.
"The team will receive reports, undertake analysis and study and then take action related to the development on the ground,” he said.
The team was formed under the regulations of the Immigration Law.
Cucu said intensive supervision should be performed relating to any and all of the growing problems implicating foreigners, such as misuse of residence permits and growing radicalism to cyber crime.
Last year, the South Jakarta Immigration office recorded that 22 foreign nationals were convicted for committing various crimes. In addition, 431 others have faced administrative sanctions, ranging from deportation to travel bans for allegedly violating immigration regulations.
South Jakarta mayor Tri Kurniadi warned that foreigners were often implicated in drug trafficking.
“Many foreigners have been involved in drug related cases,” he said as quoted by kompas.com.
Tri said that the team would take an active role in preventing foreigners from committing any breach of the law. (dmr)
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