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        "id": 1827282,
        "msgid": "soetta-immigration-uncovers-love-scam-involving-three-chinese-nationals-1782553944",
        "date": "2026-06-27 16:06:39",
        "title": "Soetta Immigration Uncovers Love Scam Involving Three Chinese Nationals",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The Soekarno-Hatta Immigration Office has exposed a transnational 'love scam' syndicate involving three Chinese nationals who allegedly arranged paid marriages with Indonesian women. The suspects were apprehended after a female Indonesian passport applicant revealed she was being sent to China for a marriage brokered by an intermediary. All three foreign nationals have been deported and placed on a blacklist to prevent re-entry.",
        "content": "<p>The Class I Special Immigration Office for TPI Soekarno-Hatta in\nTangerang, Banten, has uncovered an alleged love scam, or transnational\nmarriage-by-order scheme, involving three foreign nationals from China.\nHead of the Soekarno-Hatta Immigration Office, Galih P. Kartika\nPerdhana, stated on Saturday that the three Chinese nationals,\nidentified by the initials CS, FG, and CX, were part of the love scam\nsyndicate. \u201cThis enforcement action is a tangible demonstration of\nImmigration\u2019s commitment to the people in safeguarding state sovereignty\nwhile protecting Indonesian citizens,\u201d he said. Galih explained that the\ncase began with the suspicions of immigration officers after receiving a\nnew passport application from an Indonesian citizen with the initials\nFNR on 4 June 2026. During the interview process, FNR claimed she would\nbe travelling to Malaysia, but further investigation revealed she was\nactually being sent to China to be married to a local man through an\nintermediary, an Indonesian citizen with the initials AN. \u201cThe findings\nwere then developed by the Immigration Intelligence and Enforcement\nTeam, which successfully identified CS, also known as \u2018Paman\u2019, as the\nnetwork coordinator,\u201d he stated. Following this lead, officers secured\nCS at Terminal 3 International Departures of Soekarno-Hatta Airport on\n12 June 2026, just before he was about to leave Indonesian territory.\n\u201cThe surveillance operation continued on 17 June 2026 with a monitoring\noperation at an apartment in the Tangerang area,\u201d he said. At the\nlocation, officers detained two other Chinese nationals, FG and CX,\nalong with three Indonesian women, identified as SA, PY, and PO, who are\nsuspected victims. Examination results indicated that SA and PO had\npreviously attempted to be dispatched to China but failed due to visa\ndiscrepancies. \u201cThe investigation revealed that the victims were\npromised a better economic life through marriage to Chinese men,\u201d he\nsaid. He noted that the prospective husbands involved in the network\npaid around 60,000 RMB, or approximately Rp150 million, to the\nperpetrator CS. Meanwhile, around 20,000 RMB, or roughly Rp50 million,\nwas given to the victims\u2019 families as a dowry, with the remainder used\nto arrange travel documents, Chinese visas, certificates of unmarried\nstatus, accommodation, and departure costs. Following the investigation,\nSoetta Immigration deported the three Chinese nationals involved in the\nsyndicate on Friday, 26 June 2026, via a flight from Jakarta to\nGuangzhou. In addition to the administrative immigration action of\ndeportation, CS, FG, and CX have been proposed for inclusion on the\nblacklist in accordance with statutory regulations. The Soekarno-Hatta\nImmigration Office will continue to investigate the possibility of other\nparties being involved and fully uncover the transnational\nmarriage-by-order network.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/soetta-immigration-uncovers-love-scam-involving-three-chinese-nationals-1782553944",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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