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A Korean national was deported from Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, due to a visa violation.
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Enforcing the law – Mataram Immigration officials show confiscated passports from foreigners. Mataram Immigration deported a Korean national for a visa violation on Feb. 13. (JP/Panca Nugraha)
Panca Nugraha
The Jakarta Post/Mataram
The Mataram Immigration Office in West Nusa Tenggara deported Choi Chung-hyun on Monday due to a visa violation.
“We deported him [Choi] today from the Lombok International Airport because he misused his visa. He claimed to be a professor from a university in Korea,” Mataram Immigration officer Rahmat Gunawan said.
Rahmat explained that Choi came to Indonesia using a tourist visa six months ago. However, he opened an education course under the name PT Elite Academy Korea. The immigration office found out later that Choi sat as deputy director of the company.
Immigration officials became suspicious after Choi requested a visa extension in Mataram a week ago.
“There were some irregularities and so our team looked into his activities and we found out that he misused his visa. Therefore we immediately deported him because he had a tourist visa but he opened up a commercial business here without paying taxes,” Rahmat said.
The Mataram Immigration Office recorded that they have deported 20 foreigners in 2017 alone, including from China and Timor Leste. Last year, they deported 112 foreigners from several countries due to visa violations. (yan)
