NTT Police Arrest Elderly DPO Cases Of Trafficking In South Central Timor

Head of Public Relations of the NTT Police, Kombes Polisi Ariasandy. BETWEEN/Ho-Humas Polda NTT.

The Investigation Team of the People's Trade Crime Unit (TPPO) of the General Criminal Investigation Directorate of the East Nusa Tenggara Regional Police arrested a woman with the initials AT (60) who was on the wanted list for people related to the TIP case.

AT was arrested in North Amanuban District, South Central Timor Regency, on Wednesday, October 2 and immediately taken to the NTT Police Headquarters for examination.

The Head of Public Relations of the NTT Police, Kombes Ariasandy, explained that this arrest was made thanks to the cooperation between the TIP Unit of the NTT Police and the North Amanuban Police, South Central Timor Police.

The former South Central Timor Police Chief said AT was suspected of being involved in a trafficking case between a person and a victim named Mariance Kabu.

"His actions violated Article 4 and Article 10 of Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons," he said in Kupang, Antara, Friday, October 4. The arrest of the suspect AT is a follow-up to the ongoing legal process against the suspects TM and PB who have been sentenced by the panel of judges in the main case.

Friday, October 4.

The arrest of the suspect AT is a follow-up to the ongoing legal process against the suspects TM and PB who have been sentenced by the panel of judges in the main case.

Furthermore, investigators will complete the case file and immediately hand it over to the public prosecutor on Monday next week. However, the AT suspect was not detained on an advanced basis. The family also provided assurances that the suspect would cooperate and not run away.

In this case, the evidence that was secured was in the form of witness testimony and a passport book with number A 7487454 on behalf of Mariance Kabu. In addition, investigators also continue to hunt down other DPOs with the initials LT who are suspected of escaping to Kalimantan.

"Investigators continue to pursue the LT DPO who is now in Kalimantan," added Ariasandy.

He added that this law enforcement shows the commitment of the NTT Police in eradicating TIP, especially in NTT areas that are vulnerable to being targeted for human trafficking.