BANDARLAMPUNG - The Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the Lampung Regional Police arrested two suspects in the case of trafficking in persons (TPPO) networks of Lampung, Ponorogo, Jakarta and Singapore.

The Head of Public Relations of the Lampung Police, Kombes Zahwani Pandra Arsyad, said the two suspects arrested by the Ditreskrimum had the initials SPA (48) and LW (31).

"The two suspects were arrested while on Jalan Soekarno Hatta, Labuhan Dalam, Bandarlampung City," he said in Bandarlampung as reported by Antara, Wednesday, March 9.

He continued the disclosure of the two TIP suspects to coincide with World Women's Day which is commemorated on March 8, 2022.

"This TIP disclosure concerns women and children. Besides that, it also coincides with world women's day," he said.

The Director of General Criminal Investigation (Dirreskrimum) of the Lampung Police, Kombes Reynold Hutagalung, added that the disclosure of TIP occurred on January 15, 2022.

The TIP disclosure started with information that there would be a departure of ten Lampung residents who would be employed abroad. "This departure information was employed illegally," he said.

He continued, based on this information, his party then formed a TPPO task force (Satgas) involving the Sub-Directorate under the leadership of the Renakta Sub-Directorate.

On February 2, 2022, the TPPO Task Force that had been formed succeeded in rescuing nine people from the UPT of the Ponorogo branch of the Vocational Training Center (BLK), East Java. The victims who were rescued had the initials SK, TA, S, YWN, RPS, EW, S, RF, and ES.

"One victim previously canceled his own departure. So we have saved nine victims," he said.

The nine victims were then taken to Lampung and collaborated with the Lampung Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) to restore their rights.

"The determination of the two suspects is based on the evidentiary process in the form of the process and purpose of the process of recruiting, holding, and sending prospective Indonesian migrant workers. For their actions, the two suspects are subject to Article 2 paragraph 1, Article 4, and Article 10 of the Indonesian Law with the threat of imprisonment for three years. years to 15 years," he said.


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