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Monitoring: An immigration official at an event in Jakarta on April 12 shows off APOA, a mobile application people can use to report foreigners believed to be in the country without a valid permit.
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mmigration officials at Sam Ratulangi Airport in Manado, North Sulawesi, have denied entry to two Chinese nationals on suspicion they were going to abuse their visas.
The two men had flown in from Singapore on SilkAir flight 274, according to Dodi Karnida, head of the immigration division at the North Sulawesi office of the Law and Human Rights Ministry.
"The two men are categorized 'illegal,' as they failed to show clear documents about their planned activities here. We strongly allege they were going to misuse the Indonesian government's free-visa policy," Dodi said on Thursday.
Dodi added that the two men were deported back to Singapore as their last stop before landing in Indonesia.
The 2011 Law on Immigration gives the immigration office the authority to deny foreigners entry to Indonesia if they fail to explain their activities in the country. The same law also rules that the airline that transported them should take them back to the country where they boarded the flight.
Dodi said this was the second time the immigration office Sam Ratulangi airport barred Chinese nationals from entering Indonesia. He said the decision was taken based on security and cost and benefit considerations.
The Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration has introduced a free-visa policy for several countries to boost the number of foreign tourists visiting the country. It aims to lure 10 million Chinese tourists by 2019. (yon/ary)
