Batam, Riau Islands, Sept. 30 -- Some 280 foreign nationals were found misusing their stay permits on Indonesia's Batam island from January through August 2026, accounting for about 78 percent of foreigners subject to administrative immigration measures, an immigration officer said.

Batam Immigration Information and Communications Section Head Kharisma Rukmana said the violations involved activities inconsistent with the purposes for which the foreigners' stay permits were issued.

The violations fall under Article 122(a) of Law No. 6/2011 on Immigration, which regulates misuse of stay permits by foreign nationals, he said in Batam, Riau Islands Province, on Tuesday.

"Besides stay permit misuse, Batam Immigration recorded 42 foreigners ...