The Directorate General of Immigration of the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections deported and included nine foreign nationals (WNA) who were suspected of being involved in online love scamming.
Acting Director General of Immigration Yuldi Yusman said that based on examination and evidence, the foreigners were charged with Article 122 letter a of Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration.
"For violating the residence permit by committing online fraud with the modus operandilove scamming which resulted in the victim's extortion," Yuldi explained as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 9.
Six of the nine foreigners consisted of four Chinese, one Ghanaian, and one Nigerian who were arrested during surveillance operations in the North Jakarta area on Wednesday (11/6).
Meanwhile, two other people who are Chinese citizens were arrested in an area in Bali on Thursday (19/6) based on the development of an examination by a Chinese resident conducted at the Directorate General of Immigration on June 16, 2025.
From operations in North Jakarta, officers found evidence in the form of 40 units of gadgets and two units of iPad brand tablets, while in Bali, officers confiscated 76 units of gadgets, seven iPad units, and three laptops that were allegedly used to carry out fraudulent acts.
In addition, further examinations also found that there were love scamming group (chat)Jakarta and love scamming group Bali.
"We found that there are still three other RRT (Chinese People's Republic) citizens in theJakarta scamming love group and seven RRT citizens in the love scamming Bali group that we have included in the Cekal list of the Directorate General of Immigration," said Yuldi.
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He said the Chinese perpetrators targeted other victims from China, while the perpetrators of Ghana and Nigeria targeted foreign nationals.
"We emphasize that the Directorate General of Immigration will continue to increase supervision, act decisively, and do not tolerate any form of immigration violations. We also invite the entire community to play an active role in reporting the whereabouts of suspicious foreigners to the nearest immigration office," said Yuldi.
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