Indonesian Citizen Quarantine Mafia From India, Police Determine One More Suspect

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus (Photo: PR of Polri)

JAKARTA - The police have named GC as a suspect in the case of passing Indonesian citizens (WNI) from India without going through quarantine, aka the quarantine mafia. The suspect belongs to the father-son group with the initials S and RW. So that in this case there are already three suspects.

"Now one more suspect has developed with the initials GC," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Wednesday, April 28.

Based on the investigation, this suspect has a big role. He was the one who passed the Indonesian citizen, initials JD, to enter Indonesia from India without a quarantine process.

"So in the first stage, checking the matter of health administration for immigration, then quarantine is determined if he is negative and then goes to a hotel that has been determined according to the regulations of the Ministry of Health. Entering the second stage, he will be escorted to the referral hotel," said Yusri.

"So at which hotel is the role of GC data on people, for example, a reference to hotel A from the government. But when someone comes in, the person doesn't come in. After he gets the money, the person can go straight home," Yusri continued.

Even from that group, the suspect GC received a larger share than S and RW. The reason is that the suspect's role is bigger.

"Rp. 6.5 million from JD, brother GC, gets Rp. 4 million," said Yusri.

Previously, the police arrested the father and son for allegedly helping Indonesian citizens who returned from India with the initials JD (previously written as foreigners from India) to enter Indonesia through Bandar Soekarno-Hatta without a quarantine period.

The father and son have the initials S and RW. They were arrested on Sunday, April 25th. 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.

Currently, the three people are still being examined intensively. Because, from the results of the temporary examination, the father and son were not airport officials. They only confessed to tricking JD.

"If he confesses to JD he is an airport employee. His only claim. He is with his son. S is with RW, his son. RW is his son," said Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus.