General News August 07, 2007
Singaporean detained at Immigration office in Riau islands
KARIMUN, Riau Islands (Antara): Singaporean national Chan Ngh Hoi,
67, has been detained since Thursday at a quarantine room of the
Immigration Office in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands, for not
possessing passport.
Chan who is a crane operator in his country (Singapore) presumed
that he lost his passport when he was in Jambi province. "I checked
the passport but failed to find it, then I reported it to the
police," he said Monday.
The police then brought Chan to the Immigration Office in Tanjung
Balai Karimun for detention.
Chan said he left Singapore for Tanjung Batu, Karimun regency, Riau
Islands province aboard a ferry for making a tour last July.
On his arrival in Tanjung Batu, he then continued his trip to Jambi
province aboard a ship. In Jambi, he did not stay at any hotels but
at a local resident house. In the province, he had the opportunity
to make a tour of the city before returning to Tanjung Balai
Karimun.
Chan presumed that he lost his passport when making a tour in
Jambi. (***)
"detained since Thursday at a quarantine room of the Immigration
Office in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands," 
Lose your passport and you will be "detained since Thursday at a
quarantine room of the Immigration Office in Tanjung Balai Karimun,
Riau Islands,"
Even after you report "to the police"
