The deportation came nearly 12 days after they were arrested on August 9, 2022, for attempting to cross into Malaysia via an illegal route instead of an immigration checkpoint, head of the Office of the Law and Human Rights Ministry in Riau province, Jahari Sitepu, informed in a press statement released on Monday.
He said the office is also considering banning the 12 Bangladeshi nationals from traveling to Indonesian territory after they are deported.
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Indonesia is a sovereign state. Therefore, if foreign nationals violate the regulation, they will be subject to firm measures, he said.
Head of the Dumai Immigration Office, Rejeki Putra Ginting, said that Dumai immigration officers will supervise the deportation of the 12 Bangladeshi nationals via Soekarno-Hatta Airport.
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The 12 Bangladeshi nationals left SSK International Airport in Pekanbaru via a Lion Air flight at 5.20 a.m. on Monday.
From Soekarno-Hatta Airport, they will be sent to Bangladesh in two batches due to a limited number of flight tickets to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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