Two Rohingya Ethnic Women Made DPOs By The Aceh Police

Documentation of Rohingya refugees lining up to pick up the distribution of aid at the Kandang Village BLK temporary shelter, Lhokseumawe, Aceh (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Two Rohingya women were included in the Aceh Police's wanted list (DPO) after escaping from a shelter at the Lhokseumawe Training Center (BLK).

Head of the Aceh Regional Police Public Relations Division, Senior Commissioner Ery Apriyono, said that the two illegal immigrants were known to have fled from the shelter after being caught on camera monitoring the place.

"The Aceh Regional Police have included the two Rohingya women in the DPO. They entered Indonesia illegally and were placed in temporary shelters," Apriyono said as quoted by Antara, Banda Aceh, Friday, November 6.

Two Rohingya women who fled from a shelter in Gampong Meunasah Mee, Muara Dua District, Lhokseumawe, namely Umi Kumsum (18) and Fatemah (20).

Both were recorded on surveillance cameras being taken by a man on a motorbike on October 29, 2020. The two were stranded in Aceh last September, along with 297 other Rohingya immigrants.

Apriyono said besides continuing to look for the two women. The Aceh Regional Police will also distribute photos of the two Rohingya ethnic immigrants, Myanmar.

"The police are also investigating the escape of these two women, whether they are involved in the smuggling of ethnic Rohingya, which is being handled by the Aceh Regional Police Ditreskrimum," he said.

Regarding the escape of a young Rohingya woman earlier, he said that the woman was now known to have been in Malaysia.

The Rohingya woman who fled and is known to have been in Malaysia under the name Tasfiah bint Salamatullah (17). The person concerned entered Aceh in June 2020 along with 99 other Rohingya ethnic immigrants.

"The police are also coordinating with Interpol to look for the woman's whereabouts. The woman also fled from the shelter in Lhokseumawe in early August," he said.