Crazy! Police Reveals 2 WA Groups Loading Child Pornography Videos, Members Reach 1,550 With 2,372 Content

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JAKARTA - The Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Yogyakarta Regional Police has arrested the perpetrator with the initials FAS who was involved in the exploitation and distribution of pornography and decency through social media networks and online.

The results of the police investigation, the perpetrators obtained the numbers of the children of potential victims when they joined the WhatsApp (WA) group. In this group, members will be given access to children's numbers with the caption 'children who can Video Call Sex (VCS).

Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, said that there were approximately 10 WA groups that provided access to the numbers of children of potential victims. So far, two groups have been identified by investigators.

Crazy, these two WA groups have thousands of members including distribution of videos and images related to pornography.

"Members of the two WA groups are 1,550 with 2,372 videos and images containing pornography for children and adults," explained Ramadhan at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Wednesday, July 13.

The results of the investigation found hundreds of content in the form of videos and images containing children. "There are approximately 103 content in the form of videos and images related to children as victims of exploitation which are distributed through social media accounts and application groups," explained Ramadhan.

These two groups are managed by seven people who have been arrested by the authorities with the role of admin and who distribute pornographic videos or images. Each of the SD actors who are admins of the GCBH group were arrested in Saltiga on 6 July. AC who acts as an uploader of child pornography content in the GCBH group, ABH as an uploader of pornographic content in GCBH.

Then AN was arrested in Central Kalimantan on July 7, 2022 as a pornography uploader in the BBV group. BS was arrested in Bandar Lampung on 8 July 2022 as the creator of the Group. BD was arrested in karawang July 9, 2022 as a content uploader in GCBH and AR as a content uploader in the BBV group.

"The DIY Police will also coordinate with the Public Prosecutor, Criminal Investigation Department, FBI through the balance crime children task force and the meta applicator for Facebook and WA application owners to analyze and block all conversation groups that distribute the above crime content," said the one-star general.