OTT Prosecutor's Office 5 Immigration Officers At Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport, Extortion Of Tourists 'Fast Track' Reaches IDR 200 Million/Moon

Assistant for Special Crimes (Aspidsus) of the Bali High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) Dedy Kurniawan/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

DENPASAR - The Bali High Prosecutor's Office said that the extortion of fast track service tourists is suspected to reach Rp. 200 million per month. It is suspected that this extortion was carried out by 5 Immigration officers at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport who were subject to a hand arrest operation (OTT).

"So this has started with a public complaint regarding the misuse of fast track facilities. Fast track is an immigration priority service at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport International Airport, to facilitate inspections into immigration or out of Indonesian territory for priority groups, namely the elderly, pregnant women, children and migrant jobs," said Assistant for Special Crimes (Aspidsus) of the Bali High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) Dedy Kurniawan, Wednesday, November 15.

The Attorney General's Office emphasized that fast track services are free of charge. However, this facility is instead used by Immigration officers by attracting illegal levies (extortion).

"So it is not collected (cost) on the fast track, but for foreigners who use fast track facilities, it is charged between Rp. 100,000-Rp. 250 thousand per person," he said.

From the information received by the Attorney General's Office, the team went to the field on Tuesday, November 14 and found allegations of extortion by Immigration officers.

"We check in the field and it is true that there is a fact that there is a fast track misuse, with a levy value of approximately Rp. 100-Rp. 200 million per month," he explained.

From the OTT Bali Immigration officer, Rp100 million was secured allegedly related to extortion

"Of this amount, approximately Rp. 100 million has been successfully secured, which is suspected to be an illegal profit obtained from these practices," he said.