Still In Junior High School, The Fake Olshop Actors Who Deceive The President's Son Are Considered Not To Be Detained

Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono (DOK. Public Relations Polri)

JAKARTA - The police have opened up opportunities for four online fraud perpetrators not to go to prison or only to provide guidance. The reason is that the perpetrators are still minors.

Karo Penmas, the National Police's Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono, said the perpetrators could be treated according to the Law on the Juvenile Criminal Justice System (SPPA).

"Coaching is carried out and returned to the parents, of course, under the supervision of the National Police," Awi told reporters, Friday, September 18.

In addition, the handling of cases against the perpetrators with the initials AF, GR, MR, DFY can be done by restorative justice. That is, the legal approach is to keep children out of prison. So, investigators will coordinate with the local Correctional Center (Bapas).

"Those are two things that we need to convey regarding the handling of children so far that has been handled by the Criminal Investigation Police's Cyber Directorate," he said.

The whistleblower of this online fraud syndicate was carried out by the National Police Criminal Investigation Directorate for Cybercrime. One of the victims of fraud was Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

"Among them (Kaesang), there were several dozens of victims," continued Awi.

The four perpetrators of this fraud have the initials AF, GR, MR, DFY. They are junior high school (SMP) students in Aceh and Medan, North Sumatra.

"(Derived) Several junior high schools. They hang out in cyberspace," he said.