Indonesia, Nov. 1 -- Bima immigration officials have deported a 47-year-old Chinese national for misusing a visit visa to run a seaweed trading business in Dompu District, West Nusa Tenggara Province.

Bima Immigration Office Head Joko Widodo said the action followed the discovery that WY's business activities were not permitted under the immigration status.

"WY's activities amounted to a misuse of a stay permit and violated applicable regulations," he said in a statement received in Bima on Saturday.

The violation was uncovered during surveillance by the office's immigration intelligence and enforcement team in Hu'u Village, Hu'u Subdistrict, Dompu District.

Officers became suspicious after WY bought large quantities of seaweed and pe...