The Police's Initial Steps To Investigate Adelin Lis' Fake Passport, Join Immigration To Dukcapil

Adelin Lis (DOK ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has started an investigation into the alleged fake passport used by Adelin Lis to go to Singapore. The investigative team is currently collecting materials and information and coordinating with the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

"Communications with the Directorate General of Immigration are also being carried out to collect materials related to the alleged use of false data on the fugitive Adelin Lis," said Director of General Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Andi Rian Djajadi in his statement, Tuesday, June 22.

In addition, Andi continued, the investigative team also coordinated with the Police Attaché on duty in Singapore and the Population and Civil Registration Service (Disdukcapil). The goal remains the same, namely gathering information.

"To confirm the data, investigators will coordinate with Disdukcapil," said Andi.

However, Andi could not confirm the validity of the passport in the name of Hendro Leonardi. He said the investigation process was still in the early stages so that no conclusions could be drawn about the passport.

"It's still in the coordination stage with Immigration friends to collect evidence," said Andi.

Adelin Lis was successfully discharged on Saturday, June 19. The Attorney General's Office brought him from Singapore on a chartered plane from Garuda Indonesia.

Adelin Lis is a fugitive in corruption and illegal logging cases. At that time he was the Director of PT Keang Nam Development Indonesia who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Supreme Court in 2008.

In addition, Adelin Lis was also fined Rp. 1 billion and a substitute money of Rp. 119.8 billion and a reforestation fund of US$2.938 million.

Adelin has been running from Indonesia since November 2007. In 2018, she was arrested by the Singaporean authorities for a passport forgery case. A Singapore court then ordered him to pay a fine of 14,000 Singapore dollars and be deported.