Coordinating Minister For Political, Legal And Security Affairs Reveals 1,900 Students Indicated For Victims Of Internship Mode TIP In Germany

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Hadi Tjahjanto /ANTARA / Tenri Commander Mawangi.

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Hadi Tjahjanto revealed the latest number of Indonesian students who are indicated to be victims of the crime of trafficking in persons (TPPO) in Germany, which is 1,900 people.

Hadi, when met on the sidelines of his activities checking security at the Jakarta Cathedral Church, said the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs was still identifying the possibility of them becoming victims of TIP under the guise of an internship program in Germany.

In the current stage, Hadi plans to coordinate with related agencies to solve the issue of the alleged TIP.

"For the issue of coordination (investigation), first with Higher Education (Ministry of Education, Culture, and Higher Education), the second (investigating) with the National Police, the third with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to identify how the delivery process (students) is so that from these steps we will separate what is best to save the students. We identify approximately 1,900 students," said Hadi Tjahjanto as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, March 28.

Hadi when met by reporters in Yogyakarta, Wednesday (27/3), said that the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs would form a special team to investigate allegations of TIP victims who were Indonesian students. Then when met at the Cathedral today, Hadi emphasized that he would directly lead the special team.

The team, he continued, would be filled, including representatives from ministries that deal with higher education, Bareskrim Polri, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hadi said coordination, including informally, has so far been carried out with these agencies.

The alleged TIP case whose victims were indicated by Indonesian students in Germany has emerged to the public since mid-March 2024. The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police began investigating the case after receiving a report from the Indonesian Embassy in Germany.

"Students are employed non-procedurally, resulting in students being explored," said the Director of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Pol. Djuhandhani Rahardjo Puro in Jakarta, Wednesday (20/3).

The National Police named five suspects on suspicion of TIP, consisting of three women, respectively ER alias EW (39 years old), A alias AE (37 years old), and AJ (52 years old), then two male suspects each with the initials AS (65 years old) and MZ (60 years old). Two of the five suspects are still in Germany.