Bareskrim Polri Unloads TIP Case Motivated Building Work In Malaysia

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has uncovered a case of Trafficking in Persons or TIPs that use the mode of offering jobs as construction workers in Malaysia. Two Indonesian citizens or Indonesian citizens were arrested and named suspects.

The disclosure of the TIP case began when the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur received a report from the victim with the initials FBK in early April 2023. The report, regarding the wages given, was not in accordance with the agreement.

"That the FBK victims were recruited by suspects IJ and MR who have worked in Malaysia since 1997 by being promised to work as construction workers with a salary of 1,000 RM per month," said the Director of General Crimes (Dirtipidum) of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency, Brigadier General Djuhandhani Rahardjo Puro in his statement, Saturday, December 23.

It turned out that the victim's wages were deducted by the suspect MR unilaterally. The victim only got 250 Malaysian ringgit.

"However, after working at the employer, it turned out that the salary received by the victims was cut by 750 RM by the suspect MR. Then on April 6, 2023, the victims complained to the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur regarding the incident experienced by the victim," he said.

Then, the Indonesian Embassy coordinated with the Directorate of General Crimes because it suspected that there was an element of trafficking in persons. Meanwhile, the victim was sent back to the country.

"The Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur then coordinated with investigators from the Dittipidum Bareskrim, and on April 11, 2023, the victims were sent back to Indonesia, and were immediately received by Bareskrim investigators together with Central Java Police investigators," said Djuhandhani.

With this information, the combination of Bareskrim Polri and Polda Central Java finally managed to arrest IJ and MR. Arrests three days after the return of the victims from Malaysia.

"Then, Central Java Police investigators conducted an investigation and succeeded in arresting and detaining the suspects IJ and MR on April 14, 2023," said Djuhandhani.

From the results of the examination, the FBK victim did not go alone to Malaysia, but also with three other Indonesian citizens with the initials EPL, MAS and WA in March 2023.

It was at that moment that the victim met the suspect and was invited to work as a builder.

"Then in March 2023, the FBK victim along with the victims of EPL, MAS and WA went to Malaysia and met the suspect MR in Malaysia, and then distributed it to employers," said Djuhandhani.

In this case, the suspects MR and IJ, both of them were charged with Article 4 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons and/or Article 81 in conjunction with Article 69 and/or Article 83 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code with a maximum threat of 15 years in prison and a minimum of 3 years in prison.