SEMARANG - Police arrested a former village head in Magelang, Central Java, who is suspected of being involved in a criminal act of trafficking in persons (TPPO) who illegally sent migrant workers abroad.
Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Police, Kombes Pol.Johanson Simamora, said that SD (57) was arrested while running away to Bali.
"The person concerned has served as village head in Magelang," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 19.
From the initial examination, he said, the perpetrator admitted that he had received an order from someone to flee to Bali.
"Someone is told not to appear, later two or three months it will be calm to be back," he added.
SD itself, he continued, is tasked with recruiting prospective workers in his area.
The prospective workers will be dispatched to Malaysia, which will then be employed by networks in the country.
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Currently, the brain is still investigating the network of illegal workers, including intermediaries involved in the network.
Previously, the police revealed 26 cases of TIP with the mode of departure of Indonesian migrant workers in various regions in Central Java in recent times.
The police have named 33 people as suspects in the 26 cases that were revealed.
The number of victims of TIP from the 26 cases handled reached 1,305 people.
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