BENGKULU - The Central Bengkulu Police Criminal Investigation Unit conducted a Hand Catch Operation (OTT) against SA (37) who claimed to be a journalist and blackmailed the former Secretary of the Tanjung Raman Village for the 2016-2022 period, Japardi (44).
In the OTT, his party managed to confiscate evidence in the form of cash amounting to Rp. 10 million from the hands of the suspect SA, who is a resident of Air Rami District, Mukomuko Regency.
"Based on the results of the investigation, the suspect extorted the former Tanjung Raman Village Secretary on the basis of revenge and the perpetrator was not a journalist, but only an ordinary private employee," said Central Bengkulu Police Chief AKBP Rido Purba through the Head of Bin Ops (KBO) Sat Reskrim Ipda Erwin Sinaga when confirmed, Antara, Friday, December 2.
The act was carried out by SA because the suspect had a grudge against the victim because the suspect's nephew, who is one of the village officials in Tanjung Raman Village, was involved in the law in the alleged corruption case in 2019 while the victim was not caught in the law.
The identity of the suspect who claims to be a journalist is only to smooth out the extortion of the victim. The perpetrator also did not have a press card.
"The suspect only admitted reporters to scare the victim so that his extortion was successful and the suspect is still undergoing further investigation," he said.
Head of the General Crime Unit of the Central Bengkulu Police, Aiptu Wahyu Dewanto, said the mode used by the suspect to carry out extortion was by writing a letter containing a letter that would report the victim to the Benteng Kejari regarding the alleged corruption of village funds when the victim was in office.
In order not to be reported, the suspect asked the victim for Rp40 million, but the victim only gave around Rp10 million.
"The suspect made a letter of complaint that he typed from his own cellphone, in the letter it was written that the suspect would report the victim to the Benteng Kejari regarding village project activities when the victim was the village secretary," he explained.
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