LPK Manager In Mataram Becomes Suspect Of CPMI Recruitment Mode Fraud To Korea, Tricks Tens Of Millions Of Victims

The police showed the suspect BP (second-right) at a press conference on the disclosure of the case at the Mataram Police, NTB, Wednesday (21/6/2023). ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.

The manager of a job training institution (LPK) in Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara, with the initials BP has become a suspect in a suspected fraud case by carrying out the mode of recruiting prospective Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI).

"We have named the person concerned as a suspect by implementing criminal charges regulated in the PMI Protection Act," said Head of the Mataram Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) Kompol I Made Yogi Purusa Utama as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 21.

The criminal charges are related to Article 81 in conjunction with Article 69 of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PPMI) jo. Article 378 of the Criminal Code.

"In the article we apply, the suspect is threatened with a maximum imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum fine of Rp. 15 billion," he said.

The police apply the criminal allegation because they see the actions of the suspect who recruited PMI candidates not in accordance with official procedures.

"Because no one has been dispatched, the TIP crime cannot be enforced," he said.

In the BP case, the police found five victims. They come from Mataram City, East Lombok Regency, and West Sumbawa Regency.

From the victim's confession, said Yogi, they had deposited Rp30 million in cash with the suspect.

"So this suspect promised the victim to work to Korea with a large salary. The Rp30 million was requested for administrative costs," he said.

After depositing the money, the victims did not get any certainty when they would work for Korea. This is also the basis for the victim to report BP to the police.

Against the suspect, the police have detained him at the Mataram Police Detention Center. The handling of BP's case is currently in the filing stage.