Bareskrim Polri Buru 5 Suspected Dalang Behind TIP Indonesian Citizens

Kabareskrim Komjen Agus Andrianto in a press conference on the progress of handling the murder case of Brigadier J at the National Police Headquarters, Thursday, August 4/DOK PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police is hunting down five people suspected of being the mastermind behind the criminal case of trafficking in Indonesian citizens (WNI). Steps and law enforcement efforts are being carried out. "It has been hunted, but if it is stated who the person is, he will run away," said the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Komjen Agus Andrianto, to reporters, Tuesday, June 6. The hunt for the alleged mastermind is a concrete step in the effort to eradicate TIP. Moreover, the government through President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has attracted the disclosure and prosecution of the TIP case. "The point is that this tpppo is a serious concern of the government as stated by the president during the summit in Labuan Bajo," he said. In fact, Jokowi has appointed National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo as the daily executor of the National TIP Task Force. With the hope that no more Indonesian citizens will become victims. "The Chief of Police is the daily chairman, of course, he hopes that efforts from prevention to prosecution can run well," said Agus. Meanwhile, Head of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) Benny Rhamdani said that he had submitted five names suspected of being the mastermind behind the TIP to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD. "They are strongly suspected of being dealers who always place them in Malaysia and Singapore through Batam," said Benny.