PekanbarU - Pekanbaru Police, Riau, has arrested eight people suspected of being involved in illicit trafficking syndicates, of whom six people have been named suspects and the other two are still in the process of being investigated.
Head of the Pekanbaru Police Satreskrim Kompol Bery Juana Putra explained that this case was revealed starting from a report by a child activist who found a Tiktok post that offered a baby.
"The reporter provoked the account owner and admitted that he wanted to have the baby. When there will be a transaction at a cafe on Jalan Ronggo Warsito, the Police Sector Limapuluh arrested the perpetrator," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, January 20.
It is known that the mastermind of the perpetrator of this case is a midwife with the initials EJ who works at a hospital in Duri, Bengkalis Regency. Another suspect TH is tasked with getting a baby from EJ to be sold to AT for Rp. 25 million.
AT admitted that it plans to resell the baby at a price of Rp35 million. AT, one of the suspects from Medan, North Sumatra, came to Pekanbaru with a baby with another suspect.
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Based on the results of the examination, according to Bery, this is not the first time the baby has been sold by the syndicate. Previously they admitted that they had done the same thing to six babies.
"But we believe it is not only seven babies. It is possible that there are dozens of other babies that have been sold by the suspect. We are also still pursuing other suspects," he said.
As a result of his actions, according to Bery, the suspect was charged with Article 2 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 21 of 2017 concerning the crime of trafficking in persons or Article 83 Jo. 76 of Law Number 35 of 2014, with a penalty of 15 years in prison.
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