Lawmakers at the House of Representatives have floated a plan to form a special committee following the Immigration Office's failure to detect the arrival of longtime fugitive and graft convict Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra into the country.

Two political party factions in House Commission III overseeing legal affairs – the NasDem Party and the Democratic Party – proposed the formation of the committee to investigate the matter during a hearing with officials from the Law and Human Rights Ministry on Monday.

The hearing saw Jhoni Ginting, the ministry's Immigration Director General, bombarded with questions from lawmakers, several of which he could not answer, such as on Djoko’s whereabouts and whether he was currently still in Indonesia or had fled to another country.

"The director general did not answer our questions. There is a possibility that other institutions could become involved [in the case]," Benny K. Harman of the Democratic Party said, "I propose the commission establish a special committee. Because the director general couldn’t handle the things he didn't know."

NasDem politician Taufik Basari said his faction would support the setting up of a special committee.

Commission III chairman Herman Hery said that members of the commission would soon discuss the proposal. "We will discuss it in our internal meeting."

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