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National 9 years ago
Passport requests in Batam rejected to prevent Indonesians from joining IS
The Batam Immigration Office rejected 418 passport issuance requests throughout 2016, in which the majority of rejected applicants were suspected to have made plans to depart for the Middle East to join the Islamic State (IS) extremist group.
National 9 years ago
Singapore deports two suspected Indonesian IS supporters
Immigration Checkpoint Authority (ICA), an institution responsible for the security of Singapore’s borders, deported on Tuesday two Indonesian citizens, who were reportedly trying to depart for Syria via the country, to Batam, Riau Islands, under security escort.
National 9 years ago
Pilot of crashed police aircraft laid to rest in E. Nusa Tenggara
The family members of Comr. Tonce Manao, a police Skytruck aircraft pilot who was killed in a crash in Riau Islands waters on Dec. 3, wept as a coffin covered with the Indonesian flag containing the body of their loved one was carried down from a Batik Air plane, which landed at El Tari Airport in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), at 5:45 a.m. local time Sunday.
National 9 years ago
Rescue team ceases search for victims of boat accident in Batam
The Riau Islands-chapter National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) stopped on Wednesday the search operation of six missing boating accident victims in Tanjung Bemban waters, around 700 meters off Nongsa beach, Batam.
National 9 years ago
30 more bodies pulled from sea in Batam
Rescuers have recovered 30 more bodies from waters around Nongsa Point Marina in Batam, Riau Islands, on Friday morning, bringing the total number of deceased victims in a fatal boat accident in the area to 51. The bodies have been taken to the Riau Islands Police’s Bhayangkara Hospital for identification.
