Police Guard Mitsuhiro Taniguchi's Deportation Until He Is Received By Japanese Police

Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Police are overseeing the deportation process of fugitive Japanese police, Mitsuhiro Taniguchi. In fact, the escort is carried out until the boranan arrives in the land of cherry blossoms.

"NCB Interpol Indonesia in collaboration with Immigration this morning has deported fugitive Japanese citizen Mitsuhiro Taniguchi to the Japanese police who picked him up directly and will escort the subject to Japan," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo to reporters, Wednesday, June 22.

The escort in the deportation process was carried out because in the arrest process there was Police to Police cooperation. Thus, the Police must ensure that the fugitives have arrived in Japan.

"Because the Japanese citizens who were deported were criminals in Japan, there must be Police to Police cooperation," said Dedi.

Mitsuhiro Taniguchi was deported to Japan on Wednesday, June 22, this morning. The process of returning to his home country was after Mitsuhiro was arrested at his hiding place in the Kalirejo area, Central Lampung.

His whereabouts were discovered after an inspection of the data of crossings in and out of Indonesia was carried out.

The fugitive from the Japanese police was secured by a joint team from Bandar Lampung Immigration, Kalirejo Police, and Central Lampung Police, on Tuesday, June 7, at around 22.30 WIB.

Mitsuhiro Taniguchi is a fugitive for the COVID-19 subsidy fund fraud case. He is called the mastermind of the crime because he gave orders to the three suspects who had been arrested in the fraud case.

They, namely, Rie Taniguchi (45), Daiki (22) and a man whose name has not been disclosed by the police.

The trio received orders from Mitsuhiro to file fake tax returns on behalf of people who had registered with the tax office. Then, they go through the procedure to get the subsidy.