LPSK: Police Confiscate Terbit Rencana Perangin Angin's Palm Oil Factory For Restitution Of Human Cage Victims

Illustration of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK). (Antara)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) Hasto Atmojo Suroyo said the North Sumatra Police had confiscated the assets of a palm oil mill belonging to the former non-active Langkat Regent Terbit Rencana Perangin Angin.

Terbit is convicted of a bribery case for a project by the Public Works and Spatial Planning Service and the Langkat Regency Education Office in 2021.

"Today, investigators from the North Sumatra Regional Police or North Sumatra Police have confiscated palm oil mill assets as collateral for restitution payments to victims," ​​Hasto said during a working meeting with Commission III of the DPR, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, June 6.

He said the latest information was obtained from his team which was handling the case of human cages in the private house of Terbit Rencana Perangin Angin, where the victims were protected by the LPSK.

"Thank God, the North Sumatra Regional Police decided to confiscate assets," he said.

Hasto said the confiscation of the palm oil factory assets owned by Terbit Rencana Perangin Angin was one of the efforts to provide the best possible service to victims.

"So that we can provide the best possible service to victims and especially ensure that the restitution demanded by the protected LPSK can be paid," he said.

He added, the case file for the human cage case will be submitted to the High Prosecutor's Office (Kajati) of North Sumatra (Sumatra) on Wednesday, June 7.

Previously, in April 2022, investigators at the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the North Sumatra Regional Police arrested eight suspects in the case of the death of an occupant of a human cage in a private house owned by the non-active Langkat Regent Terbit Rencana Perangin Angin.

"The detention of the eight suspects was after investigators carried out investigations and the results of coordination with the LPSK and Komnas HAM," said North Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Pol. RZ Panca Putra Simanjuntak in his statement in Medan, Friday 8 April 2022.

In addition to the eight suspects, investigators have also named the non-active Langkat TRP Regent as a suspect. According to him, TRP is the person most responsible for the criminal case of human trafficking to death.

"Investigators have named nine suspects including the TRP brother who are fully responsible for the discovery of the human cages," he said.