Interpol Fugitive From Russia Fled With His Female Colleague, Bali Immigration Was Busy Coordinating To Shut The Airport

Russian National Andrei Kovalenka alias Andrew Ayer (left) and his partner Ekaterina Trubkina (right) (Antara)

JAKARTA - The Special Class I Immigration Office of Ngurah Rai Immigration Check Point is still chasing an Interpol fugitive from Russia, Andrew Ayer alias Andrei Kovalenka who escaped from the immigration office, last Thursday, February 11.

Head of the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, Parlindungan, as quoted from Antara, Sunday, February 14, said the search was carried out by officers from the Denpasar Class I Immigration Office, Singaraja Class II Immigration Office, and a team from the Bali Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

Andrew fled while undergoing the administrative process of transferring from the Class I Special Immigration Office of the Ngurah Rai Immigration Check Point to the Denpasar Immigration Detention Center (Rudenim). The transfer was carried out following the limited detention space owned by the Special Class I Immigration Office of the Ngurah Rai Immigration Check Point.

However, during the administration process for the transfer, starting from obtaining information, registering data, to preparing a surrender letter which Interpol would later collect, Andrew was visited by his female colleague named Ekaterina Trubkina at around 13:20 Central Indonesia Time.

After being visited by his female colleagues, Andrew underwent another examination by officers. However, when the examination was taking place, the person concerned sneaked out of the examination room and then fled.

Parlindungan said his party had proposed to the Bali Police to assign the name of the fugitive to the wanted list (DPO).

In addition, he said, coordination was also carried out with the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Russian Embassy in Jakarta, Honorary Consul of Russia, and Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Bali, Directorate of general Crime Investigation of Bali Regional Police, Head of Denpasar City Police, as well as county police and district police in the context of searching.

Parlindungan said that his party had coordinated with the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Authority Office, GM Angkasa Pura I, and airlines as well as the airport office and local port authorities to prevent the departure of Andrew Ayer alias Andrei Kovalenka and Ekaterina Trubkina from leaving the Bali area.

Parlindungan hopes that the public can report if they see or know the whereabouts of these two people.

If anybody sees or knows the whereabouts of the two people, Parlindungan asks the public to immediately contact the WhatsApp of the Special Class I of Ngurah Rai Immigration Office at number 081236956667 or through the Head of Information and Communication of the Special Class I Immigration Office of Ngurah Rai Immigration Check Point, Putu Suhendra, on number 082165055256.

Andrew Ayer is an Interpol fugitive who is included in the red notice. The man who has a passport numbered 7536xx has previously served a criminal sentence at Kerobokan Class IIA Prison in a narcotics case.

After the criminal sentence ended, Andrew was then handed over to the Special Class I Immigration Office of Ngurah Rai Immigration Check Point to be subsequently subject to the immigration administration's deportation and the proposal of a blacklist.