JAKARTA - The National Police said that 25 Indonesian citizens (WNI) were victims of the crime of trafficking in persons (TPPO) in Myanmar. Because some had fled.
Originally, it was stated that there were 20 Indonesian citizens who were victims of TIP.
"Besides these 20 people, there are 5 more people who have managed to escape. So the number of victims is around 25 people," said Director of Criminal Investigation at the National Police Brigadier General Djuhandani Rahardjo Puro to reporters, Tuesday, May 16.
However, it was not stated when the five Indonesian citizens managed to escape from the confinement location. It was only conveyed that they were found by the Thai authorities.
Currently, the five people have been detained at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) in Thailand.
"We said that the first victim was 20 people. It turned out that at the Indonesian Embassy in Thailand in Bangkok, we got 5 people, of which 5 people had fled from the same company, where 20 people were being held captive," he said.
"So the 5 people had fled first and were treated the same, they managed to escape from the company where he was being held. And now he is in the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok," continued Djuhandani.
From the results of the interim examination, the 25 people were recruited by three people with the mode of being offered a job. Two of them are Anita Setia Dewi and Andri Satria Nugraha, who have been named as suspects.
Meanwhile, another person is known to have the initials ER. He is still being hunted.
"16 people were recruited by Andri and Anita. Then we have recorded 9 on behalf of ER," said Djuhandani.
また読む:
Previously, it was reported that Bareskrim Polri arrested two suspects in the case of the TIP case who sent 20 Indonesian citizens to Myanmar. The two of them were arrested in an apartment unit in Bekasi, West Java, Tuesday, May 9, evening.
In this case, both of them were charged with Article 4 of Law (UU) Number 21 of 2007 concerning TIP and/or Article 81 of Law Number 18 of 2017 concerning Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI).
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