Man indicted for
alleged visa fraud

CORRECTION Tuesday, July 19, 2005 » A 29-year-old man presenting an Indonesian passport with an allegedly fake visa at Honolulu Airport was charged by criminal complaint Friday for allegedly committing visa fraud, not indicted as stated in a Page A21 article Sunday. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Editor Frank Bridgewater at 529-4791 or email him at corrections@starbulletin.com.

A 29-year-old man presenting an Indonesian passport with a fake visa at Honolulu Airport has been indicted in federal court for allegedly committing visa fraud.

The criminal complaint, filed Friday, contained an affidavit by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforcement officer that provided the following information:

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforcement officer stopped Suyono, who said he has no first name, when he arrived Wednesday on Japan Airlines Flight 88 and tried to gain entry into the United States by using a "crew member in transit to a marine vessel" visa.

Suyono allegedly presented two Indonesian passports, one of which contained two non-immigrant visas with his photograph. But when the true owner's photograph was retrieved, it was not that of Suyono. The visas had actually expired but were altered to show current dates.

Suyono initially claimed to have been a "Mr. Kodirun" and presented a forged letter from Hawaiian Tug & Barge, which stated he would be met by an HTB agent and escorted to a Japanese fishing boat, the affidavit said. That vessel's agent was contacted and knew nothing of a Mr. Kodirun.

Later, Suyono admitted that he paid an "agent" for travel documents and travel arrangements.

He said he was traveling to this country to seek employment at a restaurant for one or two years.

Suyono is scheduled for a 10 a.m. hearing tomorrow before Judge Barry Kurren.