Police Say Khilafatul Muslimin Created Citizen ID Numbers To Replace E-KTP

JAKARTA - The Directorate of General Criminal Investigation of the Polda Metro Jaya found the banned organization Khilafatul Muslimin made Citizen Identification Numbers (NIW) to replace the electronic Identity Cards (KTP) issued by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia.

"There is an interesting finding, they also made this citizen identification number or NIW used by Khilafatul Muslimin to replace the e-KTP issued by the Indonesian government," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol Endra Zulpan quoted from Antara, Sunday, June 12.

Zulpan explained that officers found tens of thousands of master data for members of the Khilafatul Muslimin.

The discovery of this citizen identification number data is the result of the development of the arrest of four members of the Khilafatul Muslimin organization.

Their arrest was a follow-up to the arrest of the leader of the Khilafatul Muslimin named Abdul Qadir Hasan Baraja on Tuesday, June 7.

Then, Polda Metro Jaya investigators also searched the headquarters of the Khilafatul Muslimin community organization in Lampung on Wednesday, June 8.

Zulpan said that a number of items were confiscated during the search, such as documents related to the caliphate.

"The findings we obtained at the Khilafatul Muslimin head office were in the form of books and documents. Among them were related to the caliphate, then NII, and also ISIS," said Zulpan.

Abdul Qodir and his four members were named as suspects under Article 59 paragraph 4 in conjunction with Article 82 paragraph 2 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 16 of 2017 concerning Ormas.