JAKARTA - Bogor Resort Police and Jakarta Police have arrested Abi Rizal Afif (27) who kidnapped children in Bogor and Pesanggrahan South Jakarta. Rizal Afif was arrested with Kevin in the Senayan area, South Jakarta, Thursday, May 12.

Bogor Police Chief AKBP Iman Imanuddin said Rizal Afif had kidnapped 11 children from various regions. Starting from Bogor, Tangerang, to Jakarta.

"We have secured the perpetrators and 10 children who were kidnapped in Jakarta. Meanwhile, another child has already been found," Iman told reporters, Thursday, May 12.

During the examination, Rizal Afif admitted that he had served three times in prison for terrorism-related cases at the Gunungsindur Prison, Bogor Regency. The perpetrator even admitted that he had attended a seven-month terrorism training in Poso.

"From the confession, the suspect was imprisoned twice for terrorism and once in connection with fraud. The suspect just got out of prison last February," said Siswo.

Meanwhile, the West Java Ministry of Law and Human Rights issued a statement regarding the news that Rizal Afif had been detained at the Gunung Sindur Prison.

"Following up on the news published on Thursday, May 12, namely the arrest of a suspect in the kidnapping case of 12 children by the Bogor Police, Abi Rizal Afif, who claimed to be a recidivist from the Class II A Special Prison of Gunung Sindur with a criminal case of terrorism. Regarding this news, we clarify:

1. That based on the data we have, we can convey that the suspect on behalf of Abi Rizal Afif has never existed and has never served a crime in the Class II A Special Prison of Gunung Sindur.

2. We have coordinated with the Bogor Police (Kasat Reskrim) to explain that in the name above, he has never been a wbp or ex-wbp at the Gunung Sindur Special Prison.

This is the clarification that we made, and we are always ready to cooperate regarding the disclosure of criminal acts committed by the police," said the statement made on behalf of Mujiarto as the Head of Gunung Sindur Police, when received by VOI, Friday, May 13.


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