Rp535 Million For Citizens' Deceit, The Children's Nation Foundation Apparently Has Been Endorsed By The Ministry Of Law And Human Rights In 2020

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JAKARTA - The Maluku Regional Police has detained the Chairman of the Indonesian Foundation for the Children of the Nation (YAB) 11 East Indonesia Province Josefa J Kelbulan and his secretary Lambert W. Miru after being named suspects.

Both are suspected of being involved in a fraud case with a total loss of Rp535 million for the victim.

Dirkrimum Polda Maluku Kombes Sih Harno said the mode used by the perpetrators was tender, namely inviting the public to give money in order to receive assistance.

No half-hearted, the perpetrator said that there are 6 countries that are ready to become donors for assistance to citizens.

The first way, continued Kombes Sih Harno, is through a volunteer tender. Anyone who deposits IDR 250 thousand will get IDR 15 million in assistance.

Second, the tender for places of worship, namely for those who deposit Rp1 million in funds, they will receive assistance of Rp. 50 million, with details of Rp. 30 million to be donated to houses of worship and Rp. 20 million for them.

"The third is the 45 volunteer tender, namely people who deposit Rp1 million will get Rp45 million in assistance. And finally there is the freelance volunteer tender. So whoever deposits Rp1 million will get assistance or a bonus of Rp.100 million," he explained.

YAB was founded in 2012 and only received legal status in 2020 by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkum). The report filed by the victim went to the police on April 29.

"Then the person concerned will socialize to the public that whoever wants to deposit funds to this foundation will receive assistance," he explained.

The Maluku Polda Ditkrimum has also investigated five victims who reported the case, and the total losses they suffered amounted to Rp.535 million.

"So we only did five people who were investigated because the reports were new, however at the Tanimbar Police this case had also been handled. The number of victims was 16 people with a loss of Rp.335 million, and as information, there are around 350 people who have been harmed," he said.

Harno admitted that today he immediately opened a Public Complaint Post regarding the fraud case committed by the suspects. He appealed to people who have become victims of fraud to report it to the local Police.

"If he is in Tanimbar, MBD and so on, please report to the local police to list the victims by submitting their identities, then report the losses suffered, and show proof of deposit," he asked.

To note, the first suspect, Josefa J Kelbulan, the head of the YAB, turned out to be a recidivist in the same case.

"The first suspect is a recidivist, because he has been decided by the court twice that he also committed frauds," he explained.

For the actions of the two suspects, investigators from Subdit III of the Maluku Regional Police, charged them using Article 378 and Article 372 of the Criminal Code and the threat of a sentence of around four years in prison.