Recruit Illegal Workers To Foreign Affairs With A Deposit Of IDR 85 Million, 2 People In Lampung Become Suspects

East Lampung Police Chief AKBP Rizal Muchtar accompanied by Head of Criminal Investigation Unit Iptu Johanes EP Sihombing showed two suspected perpetrators of the TIP/ANTARA HO Police case

The East Lampung Police Criminal Investigation Unit Team, Lampung Regional Police, has uncovered a case of alleged criminal acts of trafficking in persons (TPPO) in the local area.

East Lampung Police Chief AKBP M Rizal Muchtar, accompanied by Head of Criminal Investigation Unit IptuJohanes EP Sihombing, said the perpetrators were RF (51) a resident of Marga Tiga Lampung Timur District, and IW (47) a resident of Bekasi City, West Java.

The perpetrator and his syndicate are suspected of recruiting people in the East Lampung Regency area to be promised to work abroad without going through the correct administrative procedures and rules.

Some of the victims who are residents of East Lampung Regency are suspected of being used as illegal migrant workers in Hong Kong and Japan, using a tourist passport and visa.

"From the results of the police investigation, there are two victims who are planned to be dispatched to Japan, while currently there are five residents who have worked as migrant workers illegally in the Hong Kong country," he said.

When carrying out the action, said Rizal, the perpetrator promised the victim would receive a salary of around Rp. 16 million per month, and had to deposit the costs for the overseas departure process of Rp. 50 million rupiah.

"We also received information from two victims of prospective illegal migrant workers, who had deposited money with the suspect in the amount of Rp. 85 million, but until now, they have not been dispatched abroad," he said.

The police, who carried out the investigation process, finally identified and arrested the perpetrators in the Bekasi area of West Java on Tuesday (20/6).

To complete the investigation file related to the crime, he said, his party has also secured evidence in the form of two passport books, cell phones, and bank account books, as evidence.

"The East Lampung Police Criminal Investigation Unit team is currently coordinating with the International Relations Division Team to carry out further legal proceedings at the Indonesian Embassy in Hong Kong," he said.