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        "id": 1737351,
        "msgid": "police-sexual-harassment-suspect-ahmad-al-misry-still-in-egypt-1778680460",
        "date": "2026-05-13 18:00:18",
        "title": "Police: Sexual Harassment Suspect Ahmad Al Misry Still in Egypt",
        "author": "Danu Damarjati",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Indonesian police have confirmed that Sheikh Ahmad Al Misry, alias SAM, suspected of sexual harassment, remains in Egypt and has not been handed over to Indonesian authorities. Despite circulating rumours of his impending deportation to Jakarta, officials from Egypt's authorities are still verifying his exact location and have not responded officially to Indonesia's request for assistance in the investigation. The case, handled by the National Police's Directorate of Criminal Acts Against Women and Children and Human Trafficking Eradication, highlights challenges in international cooperation for pursuing dual-national suspects in cross-border crimes.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The Secretary of the Indonesian NCB Interpol International\nRelations Division of the National Police, Brigadier General Untung\nWidyatmoko, stated that the sexual harassment suspect Sheikh Ahmad Al\nMisry alias SAM is still in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe individual in question, SAM, is still in Egypt,\u201d Untung said in\nhis statement to reporters on Wednesday (13\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat information is not true,\u201d Untung added.<\/p>\n<p>Untung emphasised that as of now, SAM remains in Egypt, and there has\nbeen no handover from local authorities to the Indonesian side.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Egyptian authorities have also not yet provided an\nofficial response regarding Indonesia\u2019s request to facilitate the\nexamination of SAM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of today, the Egyptian authorities have not given an official\nresponse to our request to accommodate the examination of the individual\nas per the request from the TPPO investigators at the National Police\nCriminal Investigation Agency,\u201d Untung stated.<\/p>\n<p>In that communication, the Egyptian authorities are said to still be\ntrying to confirm SAM\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe response was only given by phone that they are currently\nsearching for the exact position of where the individual is located in\nwhich province,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Untung also revealed that SAM is known to hold dual citizenship,\nIndonesian and Egyptian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, SAM holds dual citizenship, namely Indonesian and\nEgyptian,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, information circulated among journalists claiming that\nAhmad Al Misry would be flown to Jakarta via airline and brought to the\nNational Police Criminal Investigation Agency.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the complainant in the alleged sexual harassment\ncase, Mahdi Alatas, previously claimed to have received information that\nAhmad Al Misry had been detained by Egyptian authorities since 23 April\n2026, one day after the case emerged in public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere (in Egypt), he has already been detained. Ahmad Misry was\ndetained starting from the 23rd. So, the first time I spoke up was on 22\nApril, right? On the 23rd, he was detained,\u201d Mahdi said at the National\nPolice Criminal Investigation Agency building in Jakarta on Monday\n(11\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Mahdi stated that SAM was once released for one day before being\ndetained again on 27 April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the detention is related to the report of the\nalleged sexual harassment being processed in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency has\ndesignated SAM as a suspect in the alleged sexual harassment based on\nthe case review results from the police report received on 28 November\n2025.<\/p>\n<p>The case is being handled by the Directorate of Criminal Acts Against\nWomen and Children and Human Trafficking Eradication (Dittipid PPA and\nPPO) at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-sexual-harassment-suspect-ahmad-al-misry-still-in-egypt-1778680460",
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