東ジャワ地域警察が人身売買モードを解体 将来の移住労働者を去る、口座179億ルピアブロック

The East Java Regional Police's Ditreskrimum uncovered three cases of Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) with the mode of departing for Indonesian Migrant Workers (CPMI) by naming nine suspects.

"From the results of this case, we have named nine suspects and secured five of them," said East Java Police Chief Inspector General Toni Harmanto when releasing the case in Surabaya, reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 13.

From the first case, the police arrested the suspect with the initials MK alias M (PT PBA), SA (PT SR), HWT alias AGS alias AG (PT AAM) and one DPO with the initials JF.

In the second case, the suspect with the initials MYS (PT DAM and four DPO people with the initials HKL (PT DAM), KSR (PT DAM) and MS (PT DAM). In the third case, the suspect with the initials APP as an individual who sent PMI to Cambodia.

"The disclosure of this case is the seriousness of the East Java Regional Police in collaborating with relevant agencies in handling the TIP case. In fact, several TIP cases related to PMI have been investigated," he said.

His party hopes that with several cases that are included in the investigation, the East Java Regional Police can dismantle them.

"We are serious in responding to cases related to migrant workers. For this reason, we urge the public to be more vigilant and not influenced by persuasion to become PMIs who can make them victims," he said.

Dirreskrimum Polda Jatim Kombes Totok Suharyanto menjelaskan dari kasus pertama ditemukan 130 orang korban dengan modus para korban ini akan berbedangkan ke negara kawasan Timur Tengah (Arab Saudi), namun tidak dengan prosedur yang ilegal.

From here, the TIP Task Force secured 87 PMIs, then the East Java Police Ditreskrimum secured 14 PMIs, followed by the East Java Provincial BP3MI securing 29 PMIs.

The second case, continued Totok, joint officers with the East Java Province BP3MI secured 20 PMIs who would be dispatched to Saudi Arabia.

Furthermore, the third case found six victims with the mode of dispatching two CPMIs to Cambodia without being equipped with legal requirements according to the law.

"From the results of this case, we have blocked 16 bank accounts with a total of Rp. 17,998,506,394 or more than Rp. 17.9 billion," he said.

The Director of the Examination of the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower Norms, Yuli Adiratna, said that the efforts made by the East Java Regional Police were very cool. This is because the disclosure of this case was carried out well before the order from President Joko Widodo.

"The East Java Regional Police have worked well since receiving the report in January. In fact, it has determined the suspect who controls or management of a corporation related to PMI. Non-procedural PMI placement is not justified and violates human rights," he said.

From the disclosure, officers secured 109 passports belonging to PMI, 87 drilling passes belonging to PMI, 107 PMI visas and bank statements.

In addition, for their actions, the suspects were charged with Article 81 in conjunction with Article 69 or Article 83 in conjunction with Article 68 in conjunction with Article 5 letter (b), (c), (d), (e) or Article 86 letter (a) in conjunction with Article 72 letter (a) of Law No. 18 of 2017 concerning the protection of PMI.

As well as Article 1 PP No. 59 of 2021, Article 4 and/or Article 10 of Law No. 21 of 2007 concerning TIP, Article 3 and/or Article 5 of Law No. 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering and the threat of imprisonment for a maximum of 10 years and a maximum fine of IDR 15 billion.