JAKARTA - The National Police has repatriated nine Indonesian citizens (WNI) who were victims of online scam (online fraud) and online gambling administrators from Cambodia.
The Director of Special Criminal Cases (Dirtipidter) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Brig. Gen. Pol. Moh. Irhamni, in a press conference at the National Police Criminal Investigation Building, Jakarta, Friday evening, revealed that the handling of this case began when the Police Manpower Desk received a report from the victim's parents on December 8, 2025.
In addition to reports, Irhamni said that his party received information from social media about Indonesian citizens who were forced to work as online gambling administrators or online fraud, and experienced physical violence.
"The victims also made a viral video on social media regarding the upload of the victims who asked for help to be repatriated to Indonesia," he said.
Furthermore, on December 15, 2025, the Police Manpower Desk began investigating and coordinating with the Cambodian Immigration authorities to be able to repatriate the victims to their homeland as soon as possible.
From the results of coordination and investigation, nine victims were found consisting of three women and six men. The victims are from the regions of West Java, DKI Jakarta, North Sumatra, and North Sulawesi.
"When we found out, the nine people had managed to run away and save themselves from the locations where they worked," said Irhamni.
He revealed that the victims fled their workplaces because they always received violence, both physical and psychological.
"The victims, he continued, met each other when they reported to the Cambodian Embassy at the end of November 2025 and then decided to live together because of fear and did not want to return to where they worked.
One of the victims, named Aisyah, was pregnant with a 6-month-old fetus.
During the investigation process, the National Police and related parties ensured that the victims received protection and assistance for housing.
After coordinating with the Indonesian Embassy in Cambodia and Cambodian immigration authorities, the nine victims were able to obtain exit permits and were finally able to be repatriated to Indonesia this Friday.
"The investigation team of the Manpower Desk of the National Police has managed to repatriate the victims safely and is currently with us," he said.
On the same occasion, the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit (Kabareskrim) of the National Police, Inspector General of Police Syahardiantono, in a press conference at the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit Building, Jakarta, Friday evening, said that this return was the result of collaboration between the National Police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Indonesian Embassy in Phnom Penh, and BP2MI.
"This step is a direct implementation of President Prabowo Subianto's direction as stated in Astacita point 7. In this case, the National Police is present to ensure the supremacy of the law and together with other stakeholders to provide maximum protection for citizens from all forms of exploitation and criminal offenses of human trafficking," he said.
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