Jakarta – The Attorney’s office (ago) said the status of Mohammad Riza Chalid and Jurist Tan automatically went illegally in other countries after the passport of the two suspects was revoked. Ago revealed that these two refugees have only two choices, namely back to Indonesia or Overstay (which exceeds the validity period of residence permits) in other countries. “The choice for the person concerned should be the return to Indonesia with a Splp (Travel Laksana Passport) that is only valid once, or that they remain in the country, will be Ovegal and illegal,” said Anang Supriatna Tuesday (7/10/2025), head of the Legal Information Center (Kapus Penkum). Anang said the recall of passports against two suspects did not necessarily stop their citizenship of their Indonesian citizenship. He said they could not travel to other countries or their illegal status in the country now. Browse to continue with the content “It is necessary to first understand that the repealed passport does not necessarily lose Indonesian citizenship. Only by repealing the passport, then they do not become illegal to other countries and the existence of the country in question becomes illegal,” he said. “According to the permit he lives in other countries, it must also be revoked by the government in their existence, because the basis for granting a residence permit is a passport document,” he added. Anang emphasized that the recall of the passport Riza Chalid and Jurist Tan to reduce their space in other countries. He said he was still waiting for the issue of red notice of Interpol. “What is clear is that with the repeal of the passport, the purpose is to reduce their space abroad and out of the legal steps of the investigator in order to bring/present the person concerned in Indonesia, and also continue to ask red notice to Interpol by first determining the determination of DPOs,” he said. Previously, the Attorney General’s office submitted a request for a red notice against the suspects Riza Chalid and Jurist Tan to the National Police Divhubinter. Both of these suspects entered the People’s Search List (DPO). “It was (a request for a red notice). If the DPO, both the MRC and JT (suspect in the corruption case of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Jurist Tan), the DPO was fixed,” Anang on Friday (12/9) told reporters at the office of the Attorney General, South Jakarta. He said the DPO is one of the requirements for submitting a red notice to Interpol. He emphasized that this matter would be investigating this matter thoroughly. Riza Chalid has been charged with suspected corruption and alleged money laundering (TPPU). So far, the attorney -general’s office has confiscated a number of assets belonging to Riza Chalid. (DWR/IDN)
Riza Chalid-Jurist Tan can only return to RI or Overstay after the passport is recalled
