Tangerang, Oct. 3 -- The Soekarno-Hatta Airport Immigration Checkpoint denied entry to two Chinese nationals, identified as JW (39) and BR (49), for their involvement in a criminal case.

Head of Inspection Section I of the Soekarno-Hatta Immigration Checkpoint, Patuanta Agum Gumilang Rambe, said in Tangerang on Friday that the two were barred from entering Indonesia after stealing items belonging to a Malaysian passenger during their flight before arriving at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten.

"The two perpetrators stole 750 Singapore dollars in cash and three debit cards belonging to a Malaysian passenger," he said.

Rambe explained that the theft occurred on a Scoot Airlines flight from Singapore to Jakarta on Thursday (Oct ...