JAKARTA: Singapore’s Immigration & Checkpoints Authority on Tuesday deported an Indonesian man and woman who allegedly had plans to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Both were deported to Batam.
The man, identified only as MNA, is a 40-year-old native of Medan, reported The Straits Times. The woman, also 40, was identified only as SI, and is known to have lived in West Java province.
Both had reached HarbourFront Centre on Monday and were held for interrogation before they were deported the next day, said Riau Islands police spokesman Saprono Erlangga.
The couple had left Batam on a Queens Star speed boat on Monday afternoon. They had planned to continue their trip to Syria after Singapore.
“They are now under interrogation by police and immigration officers. They planned to go to Syria. Investigation is being carried out intensively on whether they are planning to join ISIS,” Mr Erlangga said.
This is the second reported case of Indonesians planning to travel to Syria using Singapore as a transit point.
Source: www.tnp.sg
