The Case Of Djoko Tjandra, Immigration Must Fix The System

JAKARTA - 11-year-old fugitive, Djoko Tjandra, who entered Indonesia without being detected, proves the weakness of the immigration system. In fact, Djoko even came to the village office to make an electronic KTP (e-KTP).

A criminal law observer from Trisakti University, Abdul Fickar Hadjar, views that the weakness of the supervision system at the Director General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights has allowed these fugitives to move freely until they are not caught by the authorities.

"How can the immigration authorities issue passports so easily. Ironically, the government and law enforcement officials have been tricked by the defendant Djoko Tjandra" said Fickar to VOI, Saturday, July 11.

Keep in mind, fugitives missed not only in the case of Djoko Tjandra. Eddy Tansil, a corruptor in the bad credit case of the Indonesian Development Bank managed to escape from prison 24 years ago and reportedly cursed in China and Singapore. Eddy Tansil has been a fugitive for Interpol for decades.

Another case, namely the suspect in the bribery case of alleged corruption in the determination of the interim replacement (PAW) of the 2019-2024 DPR member, Harun Masiku. Ahead of being named a suspect, Harun escaped the attempt to catch the hand (OTT).

The Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights said Harun was in Singapore on January 6. However, it turned out that Harun was caught on CCTV at Soekarno Hatta Airport the day after without being caught.

"This proves the shortage of immigration agencies because fugitives have not been caught," said Fickar.

In addition, the Executive Director of the Institute for Security and Strategic Studies (ISESS) Khairul Fahmi said that an integrated immigration system is needed.

According to Khairul, the reason for the fugitive Djoko Tjandra to be able to move freely and create an e-KTP was due to the lack of coordination of monitoring of criminals and recording of population data between the Ministry of Law and Human Rights at the Directorate General of Immigration, the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Directorate General of Dukcapil, and the Attorney General's Office who handled the case.

"Weak supporting information data in dukcapil data for weak population data like this is a note of the importance of integrated data between population data and legal issues," said Khairul.

"Therefore, there must be system improvement. The system must be fixed, at least by the three ministries and institutions," he said.