Bogor Ciduk Police 1 New Suspect Of Trafficking In Persons To Malaysia, His Role As A Recipient Candidate For TKW

The press conference on the disclosure of the TIP case at the Bogor Police Headquarters, Cibinong, Bogor Regency, West Java, Wednesday (7/12/2022). (ANTARA)

Bogor Police, West Java, has named a new suspect in the alleged criminal case of trafficking in persons (TPPO) in the form of providing services for distributing illegal female labor to Malaysia. "Another suspect with the initials D was arrested in Bandung. Suspect D in Bandung played a role in recruiting prospective TKW in collaboration with suspect L," said Head of the Bogor Police Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Yohanes Redhoi Sigiro when releasing the case at the Bogor Police Headquarters, Cibinong, Bogor Regency, Antara, Wednesday, December 7. According to him, suspect D played a role in helping suspect L as the owner of the idea of providing illegal TKW distributors who had networks to a number of people in Malaysia. Sigiro said suspect D escorted every potential victim he recruited to suspect L's house in Parungpanjang District, Bogor, which was used as an illegal temporary shelter for TKWs. "Suspect D sent it to Parungpanjang, the place where these prospective illegal workers were trained," said Sigiro. He explained that suspect L had a network in Malaysia because he had worked as a TKW in the country for six years from 2016 to 2022. "He (suspect L) opened this illegal service because he is now unemployed after returning from becoming a TKW in Malaysia. He also for two years there was an illegal TKW status, then took care of the documents to be legal," he said. On that occasion, Bogor Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Iman Imanuddin explained that the two suspects since October 2022 had dispatched 16 illegal TKWs to Malaysia and four other victims had not been dispatched. "The victims who left were 16 people, then four people were arrested, a total of 20 people. The perpetrators received Rp. 3 million each from each dispatching one person," explained Iman. Previously, Yohanes Redhoi Sigiro revealed the beginning of the disclosure of the illegal TKW distributor service located in Parungpanjang District when one of the victims reported to service 110. At that time, suspect L fled with four victims to Cigudeg, Bogor, because he was visited by the Manpower Service. "On Saturday, December 3, 2022, at 00.00 WIB, the suspect's house was visited by a Manpower Service officer suspected of being from Bandung. Suspect L fled and took the four victims to his child's house in the Cigudeg area," he explained. Sigiro said that the police immediately arrested suspect L and the four victims after receiving the report. A number of evidences were also secured, namely two victims' passports, one flight order paper, and a bundle of personal documents of the victim. "We are examining the victims and suspects as well as searching houses in Parungpanjang and Cigudeg," said Sigiro. Suspect L offers TKW distribution services to Malaysia via social media Facebook. Each prospective TKW is offered a salary of 1,500 ringgit or around Rp. 5.5 million per month. For their actions, the suspects were charged with Article 10 in conjunction with Article 4 of Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons and or Article 81 in conjunction with Article 69 and or Article 83 in conjunction with Article 68 of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers.