18 Malaysian Citizens Blackmailing Police During DWP Will Be Tried For Ethics Next Week

Head Of Propam Police Division, Inspector General Abdul Karim/PHOTO Police

JAKARTA - The National Police Propam will hold a trial of the Police Code of Ethics Commission or KKEP to try 18 police officers who extort dozens of foreign nationals (WNA) from Malaysia when the Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) 2024. The plan is for the internal trial to be held next week.

"Div Propam will try this case, which we plan to hold next week, a code of ethics trial will be held which we will hold next week," said the Head of the Propam Police Division, Inspector General Abdul Karim, to reporters, Tuesday, December 24.

However, it is not certain about the time of implementation. The reason is that the National Police are still focused on securing Christmas 2024 and New Year's 2025.

"Continue to be related to the implementation of the trial, we cannot confirm the implementation of the trial when, which is clear next week," he said.

While waiting for the KKEP trial, the dozens of police were said to have been placed in a special place or Patsus. This step is also a form of giving witnesses.

"So 18 people and now we have also placed them in a special placement placed in the Propam Headquarters Div," said Karim.

Meanwhile, the 18 policemen are said to be members of the Polsek, Polres, and Polda Metro Jaya levels.

Based on the investigation, the dozens of police extorted 45 foreigners from Malaysia. In addition, the National Police Propam found evidence of extortion carried out by dozens of police officers reaching Rp2.5 billion.

"I need to clarify this as well. That the amount of evidence that we have secured is 2.5 billion rupiah. So don't let it be like the previous news, which is quite large," said Karim.