Become A Women's Distribution Agent To Be Made A Prostitute, Melati Cafe Manager In Penjaringan Jakut Arrested By Officials

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JAKARTA - A criminal act of trafficking in persons (TPPO) has been arrested by the ranks of the Penjaringan Police, North Jakarta. The perpetrator, who has now become a suspect, with the initials M, is the manager of the Melati Cafe, a localization in Gang Royal in RT03/RW013, Penjaringan Village.

"The suspect in the Gang Royal initials M TIP case who is being sought has now been secured by the Resmob team of the Penjaringan Metro Police on Saturday (September 2) in the Tambora area, West Jakarta. The person concerned is the manager of the cafe," said Head of the Metro Penjaringan Police Commissioner M Probandono Bobby Danuardi to reporters, Monday, September 4.

Bobby said M fled to West Jakarta after being declared the person who employed the TIP suspect in the Penjaringan area, North Jakarta, who had been arrested earlier on August 15, 2023, namely the 23-year-old man, Tiar Wahyudin (TW).

TW was named a suspect in the female trafficking agent to become a commercial sex worker in Gang Royal.

Currently, the status of the examination of M has been upgraded from an investigation to an investigation by investigators from the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Penjaringan Metro Police.

Especially after the confession of TW, a man from South Lampung, who said that he was looking for young women to use job vacancies on social media on M's orders.

According to TW's confession to investigators from the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Penjaringan Metro Police, the number of women he had recruited while working for M for five months reached 30 people.

The disclosure of the TIP case in Gang Royal began with complaints from residents through the Hotline 110 Police Headquarters which was forwarded to the Penjaringan Metro Police Headquarters.

On August 15, a man reported having lost his younger brother with the initials MJS (19) who was allegedly deceived by the lure of work at a clinic.

The reporter admitted that he was not informed that MJS would be recruited as a commercial sex worker.

The reporter panicked when his younger brother suddenly sent a message to inform him that he had been locked up in a shelter on Jalan Tanah Pasir Dalam Raya Number 3B, RT10/RW09 Penjaringan Village, Penjaringan District, North Jakarta.

In that place there were also other young women, namely SW (19), MU (19), SR (20), and CNS (19), in addition to MJS (19). According to TW, these women were recruited from various areas outside Jakarta, such as Lampung to Pandeglang (Banten).

Bobby made sure the condition of the five women was fine when they were found. they have also been examined as witnesses by investigators.

TW could not dodge and finally revealed that he had received wages from M between Rp. 1 million to Rp. 2 million for every transaction of women he recruited from June to August 2023.

Investigators also imposed multiple articles in this case, including article 2 of Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) with a maximum imprisonment of 15 years and a fine of at least Rp120 million and a maximum of Rp600 million.

Furthermore, article 296 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) or article 506 of the Criminal Code concerning obscene acts.

In the future, Bobby appealed to the public to contact the National Police Headquarters by calling Hotline number 110 if they suspected something that led to human trafficking.