THE Indonesian Government will write an official note to the Papua New Guinea Government this month for an explanation on the issue of renowned fugitive Djoko Tjandra, also known as Joe Chan.
Tjandra is still using his PNG passport – in the alias Joe Chan – despite announcements by Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and Chief Secretary Sir Manasupe Zurenuoc in January last year (2013) to revoke the fugitive’s PNG passport and citizenship certificates. Last week, Japanese Immigra-tion officials in Japan alerted the Indonesian authorities that their system had rejected the passport, visa application and immigration papers for a Djoko Tjandra, aka Joe Chan, presented to them on his travel. According to reports from Indonesia, Tjandra was in Japan travelling in from Singapore to China and then onto Japan for a business trip and to meet business partners. The Japanese Government and security officials imme-diately alerted the Indonesian Government that he was in Japan with a PNG passport. They said they could not do anything but deport him to his last destination – China – and on to Singapore where he caught a plane back to PNG. The system rejected his PNG passport at the Narita Airport as it automatically picked up his face that classified him under an Interpol "wanted" list. Immigration officials in Port Moresby distanced themselves from the issue as they claimed the matter was before the PNG Government. This newspaper was told that Tjandra was returning to PNG from Shanghai, China, via Singapore. The Immigration officials also confirmed that Immigration officials in Narita notified PNG police shortly after discovering his passport name was Joe Chan while their computer system pulled up Djoko Tjandra with his picture. Reports from Indonesia’s Attorney-General Bambang Darmono’s office said he would write an official note to his counterpart here in PNG, Attorney-General Kerenga Kua, for an explanation on the issue. The Post-Courier understands that Mr Kua is determined to raise the matter with Mr O’Neill this month. Mr Kua said before close of 2013 that the inquiries by his department into the process applied to grant the fugitive citizenship and a PNG passport was temporarily stopped but has vowed to pursue the matter further this year. Comments are closed.
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