NTB Police Have Determined That The KDI Jebolan Singer Is A TIP Suspect

The dangdut singer who graduated from the KDI with the initials AS (left two) who became a suspect in the TIP case conveyed his statement after attending a press conference at the NTB Police in Mataram, Wednesday (8/5/2024). (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police have named a dancer who graduated from the Indonesian Dangdut Contest (KDI) with the initials AS as a suspect in a criminal case of trafficking in persons with the mode of dispatching prospective migrant workers not according to procedures.

"So, AS is one of the finalists or finalists of the music talent finder event (KDI). In this case, he acts as a sponsor of migrant workers," said Director of General Criminal Investigation of the NTB Police, Kombes Syarif Hidayat, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 8.

According to the results of a police investigation on the victim's report on April 24, 2024, the US suspect was named a suspect along with two women with the initials MS and HW.

"For the two women, we have named them as suspects with the role of recruiters in the field," he said.

The number of victims from the recruitment of migrant workers who did not comply with this procedure was 11 people with two of whom still in Singapore.

The victim reported this case to the NTB Police because he had not been dispatched to work to the destination country, namely Australia.

"So, this victim has deposited money, departed to the shelter until he wants to be dispatched abroad, but was rejected by the immigration authorities, both at Soekarno-Hatta Airport and I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali. Because they did not leave, the victim reported it," he said.

The amount of the victim's money deposited with the recruiter was Rp. 260 million. This amount only came from the confession of the two victims.

"So this recruitment took place around December 2023. From the deposit of only two victims, these suspects made a profit of around Rp. 120 million," he said.

Syarif said investigators detained three suspects in the TIP case in the detention room of the NTB Police Headquarters.

Investigators named the three as suspects by applying Article 10, Article 11 in conjunction with Article 4 of Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons and/or Article 81 in conjunction with Article 69 of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers.