Two Women Arrested By Airport Police In TIP Case Of Prostitution Exploitation In Malaysia

Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police (ANTARA)

The City Police (Polresta) of Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Soetta) managed to secure two women with the initials SM as illegal PMI and IS domiciled in the Cikarang area, Bekasi, West Java, as labor distributors. They are suspected of being involved in a criminal case of trafficking in persons (TPPO) with the mode of exploitation of prostitution workers to Malaysia.

Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) of the Soetta Airport Police, Kompol Reza Fahlevi, in Tangerang, Saturday, October 5, explained that in handling the case, his party managed to secure it.

"SM and IS were secured on June 13, 2024, in the International departure area of Terminal 2 Soetta Airport," he explained, quoted from ANTARA.

The disclosure of the case of trafficking in persons to be used as prostitution workers, he said, began with public information related to the departure of a non-procedural PMI candidate to Malaysia through Terminal 2 of Soetta Airport.

"IS (27) has been named a suspect, and is currently being held at the Soetta Airport Police for further investigation," he explained.

For his actions, the suspect IS is suspected of Article 10 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 jo. Article 69 and/or Article 83 jo. Article 68 of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers.

Currently, he continued, the handling of cases of trafficking in persons to be used as commercial sex workers (PSK) to Malaysia has been handled by the Tangerang City District Attorney because the case file has been declared complete (P-21).

"A suspect with the initials IS (female) along with evidence has been handed over to the Tangerang City District Attorney, and received by the public prosecutor (JPU) on behalf of Fattah on Friday (4/10) at around 09.00 WIB," said Reza.

After the second stage (submission of the suspect and evidence), the suspect IS by the Tangerang City District Attorney was entrusted to the state detention center (rutan) of the Soetta Airport Police.

On Monday, October 7, he said, the IS suspect would be handed back to the Tangerang City District Attorney's Office to begin to the trial stage at the Tangerang District Court.