Police Chase Officials At UIT Makassar Hospital To Produce Fake Antigen Test Letters At The Airport

The police are chasing the suspect who made the fake antigen test documents that were confiscated from 18 potential passengers at Sultan Hasanuddin Airport (DOK. Kep Polisi)

MAKASSAR - The police have named a suspect who made a fake antigen test letter which was confiscated from 18 potential passengers in the Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport area, Maros, South Sulawesi (Sulsel). The perpetrator with the initials SH is now being chased by the police.

"Yesterday we went there, visited his house, the suspect has run away. This is after us again, later if we can find the suspect immediately," said Police Chief of Sultan Hasanuddin Airport Area, Iptu Asep Widianto to VOI, Saturday, January 30.

The fake antigen rapid test letters that were confiscated from dozens of potential passengers were faked by unscrupulous officials at the University of East Indonesia (UIT) Hospital, Makassar. The perpetrator is suspected of escaping to Tanralili Malino, Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi.

"The UIT hospital officials, we have been chasing, we were yesterday. We checked the post, he ran to Tanralili, we also chased him to Tanralili," continued Iptu Asep Widianto.

The perpetrator is called the police for forgery by selling a rapid antigen test letter for Rp 200-250 thousand. This certificate is sent by courier to the customer.

Until finally the police arrested 18 prospective passengers at Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, Maros. They are required to report.

"This is where the management departed, the management happened to communicate with the initials SH. SH wrote the letter," said Iptu Asep.

Previously, as many as 18 people were arrested by the police for allegedly falsifying COVID-19 rapid antigen test letters. They were about to leave via Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, Maros, South Sulawesi.

The 18 people arrested were South Sulawesi residents. They plan to travel by plane to Surabaya and Denpasar.

They were secured after officers became suspicious of one of the passengers in the group for Denpasar, Bali.

Each prospective passenger must carry a COVID-19 test result certificate. This letter must be validated by the Port Health Office (KKP) officer at Hasanuddin International Airport.

However, when the group underwent an inspection of the COVID-19 Task Force, in the airport area, the officers not long after that the officers found irregularities in the letter issued by the hospital in Makassar.