LPSK Encourages Borrowing Victims Don't Be Afraid To Report To The Police, Want To Ask For Protection Just Submit An Application

Deputy chairman of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) Achmadi (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) encourages victims of illegal online loans (pinjol) not to be reluctant to report to the police and apply for protection to LPSK. Of course, the application for protection needs to complete the specified requirements.

"People who are victims of illegal loans don't be afraid, stay calm, record, and record all forms of threats they experience. Don't be reluctant to report to the police. Apply for protection to LPSK by completing the specified requirements," said Deputy Chair of LPSK Achmadi in a written statement. received in Jakarta, Antara, Thursday, January 27.

The requirements, he said, include the identity of the applicant, the chronology of the incident, and evidence of the police report. The appeal emerged based on the results of his investigation of the application for protection and consultation related to illegal online loans received by LPSK from October to December 2021.

In the note, 141 applications for protection and consultation related to illegal online loans to LPSK were found from 19 provinces in Indonesia.

The most applications for protection and consultation came from West Java with 24 applications, 12 applications from Banten, 9 from DKI Jakarta, and the rest came from other regions.

"Of the 141 submitted data, 108 are consultative through WhatsApp and LPSK e-mail services. The remaining 33 are applications for protection," said Achmadi.

He conveyed that the results of deepening the records showed that LPSK faced four challenges when providing protection for victims of illegal online loans.

The first is that the victim does not report to the police, even though the case of illegal borrowing has become the attention of the government, including the police, and protection from LPSK can also be given to witnesses and victims in the criminal justice process.

"Secondly, the victim was not cooperative. After submitting an application to the LPSK, some applicants could not be contacted or did not respond to LPSK officers, either by telephone, WhatsApp, e-mail, or letters," said Achmadi.

The third is that the victim does not complete the requirements for the protection application, even though the requirements are simple, as he has described.

The fourth challenge is that some applicants no longer have supporting data. "Supporting data in the form of information related to threats has been deleted by the applicant because they are anxious, annoyed, and have changed their device or cell phone number," said Achmadi.

He also appealed to victims of illegal online loans to include a contact number that has been confirmed to be contacted by LPSK officers.

"Convey information or information requested by LPSK officers, either by telephone, WhatsApp at 085770010048, e-mail at [email protected], android applications, namely the LPSK Protection Application, or letters," he said.

Achmadi views that handling and providing protection for victims of illegal loans requires coordination and synergy between the reporter, investigators, LPSK, and other related parties.