Police: There Is Another Group Helping Indian Foreigners Enter Indonesia Without Quarantine

Polda Metro Jaya/VOI

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya is hunting for another group that helps foreign nationals from India to enter Indonesia without a quarantine period. The emergence of the group's existence was based on the development of the perpetrator's case with the initials JD, S, and RW.

"There are other (other groups), so we will trace all of them," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Tuesday, April 27.

From the investigators' development, the police found that two Indian foreigners entered Indonesia without a quarantine period. This group is said to use the same mode as S and RW when helping pass JD.

"That's why the recognition of foreign nationals that we have secured. This is bypassing other people using the same mode. We are still exploring this," added Yusri.

The police will apply the Quarantine Law in this case. The reason is that their actions that pass Indian foreigners without a quarantine period can exacerbate the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia.

"When asked about what makes it possible to pass, investigators are still deepening it because there are indeed three stages there. The first stage, after they enter the health prokes examination, either from immigration, from the health department, will later be referred to quarantine," said Yusri.

The police previously arrested S and RW who are father-son. They helped Indonesian citizens (WNA) who had lived in India with the initials JD to enter Indonesia through Soekarno-Hatta Airport without a quarantine period.

In carrying out the action, the father and son claimed to be airport officers. They offered JD assistance in exchange for around Rp. 6.5 million.