Employee Torture Case, Brandoville Studio Boss Escapes Abroad

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Ary Syam Indradi. (Rizky A-VOI)

JAKARTA - The alleged case of employee torture by the boss of the game art company and animation 'Brandoville Studio' is still being investigated. The results of the latest investigation, reported have fled abroad.

"There is information received about August 29, 2024, the reported party has been registered to leave Indonesia," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Ary Syam Indradi to reporters, Wednesday, September 18.

The police also obtained this information based on the results of coordination with the Immigration Office.

However, it was not clearly conveyed about the purpose of Kwan Cherry Lai who is the reported party and boss of the game art and animation company 'Brandoville Studio'.

Allegedly, Kwan Cherry Lai fled to Hong Kong. Because, it is his country of origin.

So far, Ade emphasized that this case will be investigated and thoroughly investigated. Thus, justice can be upheld for the whole community.

"This will continue to be contested and this case will be thoroughly investigated by investigators, currently the investigation stage is still being investigated by the Central Jakarta Metro Police and the Ditreskrimum," said Ade.

Meanwhile, Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Central Jakarta Metro Police AKBP Muhammad Firdaus said that based on the confession of the victim with the initials CS, the violence carried out by his boss had been going on since 2022.

The violence was in the form of squeezing, verbal violence, not paying overtime wages, so that they were not given the right to leave religious holidays.

"Based on information from the victim CS, there were cases of violence experienced by the victim CS from 2022 to August 2024," he said.