Bareskrim Increases TIP Case Status 20 Indonesian Citizens To Investigation Stage

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The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has upgraded the status of cases of alleged criminal acts of trafficking in Indonesian citizens (WNI) from investigation to investigation. The increase was based on the results of the case title. "Furthermore, Bareskrim has carried out a case title related to the case, and the results of increasing the status of the investigation to an investigation," said the Director of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Djuhandani Rahardjo Puro when confirmed, Tuesday, May 9. Then, in handling the case, several witnesses have been questioned. The goal is to find evidence and instructions about the parties who recruited dozens of Indonesian citizens while still in Indonesia. "Implementing an examination of 5 people related to the existing LP," he said. Previously, four Bareskrim Polri investigators were dispatched to Yangon, Myanmar, and Bangkok, Thailand to investigate the alleged TIP case. "They will coordinate with the Indonesian Embassy in Yangon Myanmar and mapping the characteristics of vulnerability, including data collection on victims who have entered Myanmar and are still in Myanmar who are indicated as victims of TIP," he said. After flying to Myanmar, they will go to the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok. The goal is to examine the victims who have been evacuated. "Especially for the examination of the victims who have been successfully evacuated and confiscated evidence," said Djuhandani. Meanwhile, 20 Indonesian citizens who were victims of criminal acts of trafficking in persons (TPPO) through online fraud were successfully released and taken out of Myawaddy, Myanmar, and in the process of repatriation. The release effort, said the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement received on Sunday, May, was carried out through the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) Yangon in Myanmar and the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok in Thailand. "For the cooperation between the Indonesian Embassy in Yangon and local networks that have access to the Myawaddy area - where the Indonesian citizens are being held captive, they can be released and taken to the Thai border," said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The twenty Indonesian citizens were brought to the border in two waves, namely on May 5, 2023 as many as 4 people, and May 6, 2023 as many as 16 people. The Indonesian Embassy Protection Team in Bangkok will then take them to Bangkok to undergo the repatriation process.

The Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok is said to be coordinating with the Thai authorities for the repatriation permit of the victims to return to Indonesia.