THE archipelago nation is set to deport two Chinese nationals wanted by Beijing in relation to a murder case, authorities said.
Indonesia’s immigration authorities detained the two men on Friday as they ate at a restaurant in north Jakarta.
The two suspects were identified as WJ, 43, and WC, 41, and were slated to be deported today, the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s immigration director general Silmy Karim said.
“We don’t want Indonesia to be the destination of criminals escaping from abroad. We will continue to catch those on the wanted list in Indonesia,” he said.
He provided no details about the murder case for which the pair are wanted, noting they had travelled to Indonesia using fake passports.
Karim said authorities moved to arrest the two men after the Chinese embassy in Indonesia alerted them to the pair’s presence in the country.
The pair have been in Indonesia since 2004, he added, and resisted arrest when officers swooped in.
In August, Indonesian and Chinese authorities cooperated to arrest scores of Chinese nationals on suspicion of running an online love scam syndicate that ensnared hundreds of victims in China. — AFP
