Makassar Immigration Failed The Departure Of 2 Medan Residents To Cambodia To Become Admin Judi Online

Head of the Immigration Division of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of South Sulawesi Jaya Saputra when releasing the case of the failure of two Indonesian citizens who were victims of TIP, in Makassar, Friday (28/7/2023). ANTARA/HO-Kemenkumham Sulsel

MAKASSAR - Immigration Officer Class I TPI Makassar, South Sulawesi (Sulsel), thwarted the sending of two Indonesian citizens (WNI) victims of the crime of trafficking in persons (TPPO) abroad.

Head of the Immigration Division of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of South Sulawesi Province, Jaya Saputra, said that the prevention of the delivery of the two TIP victims was carried out by the Immigration officer at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar.

"Initially our members who served at the airport checked and checked routinely and found that two Indonesian citizens were going to Singapore for tourist purposes. But after investigating it turned out that they planned to work abroad via illegal routes," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, July 28.

The two Indonesian citizens suspected of being victims of TIP are Muhammad Ridwan (23) and Muhammad Farhan Hasibuan (22).

Jaya Saputra explained that the prevention was carried out in order to address the rise of fraud against Indonesian citizens with the aim of working abroad recently.

When an in-depth investigation was carried out at the immigration checkpoint by members on duty at Hasanuddin Airport, the two Indonesian citizens admitted to leaving for Singapore for tourist purposes.

He said the two Indonesian citizens were assisted by one of the men with the initials L alias Lubis, but so far Lubis' whereabouts are not known.

Lubis is tasked with buying tickets starting from Medan - Jakarta, then Jakarta - Makassar. So the journey starts from Medan, continues to transit in Jakarta, then to Makassar. While in Jakarta, the information is that they communicate with Lubis," he explained.

Furthermore, he said, from Makassar, it was planned to be dispatched to Singapore, then to Vietnam, then to Cambodia. But when transiting flights in Makassar, Immigration officers were suspicious, until finally the two Indonesian citizens were taken into custody.

"From the results of the deepening of immigration officers, the two Indonesian citizens admitted that they were offered as admins for online gambling at the IMH company. They were promised a work contract orally for two years with a salary of Rp. 5 million," he said.

As a result of the incident, said Jaya Saputra, the two Indonesian citizens were returned to North Sumatra. However, the passports belonging to the two Indonesian citizens were detained by the Immigration with the aim of not being used for other things.