Kriminal Kemarin: Fake Begging Report to TPPO Libya Network

A man in West Jakarta, identified as A, deliberately filed a false robbery report with the police to avoid paying instalments on a laptop worth IDR 27 million. The case began with the victim’s report claiming he was robbed while carrying a laptop in the Cengkareng area, but police investigations found the incident never occurred.

The General Criminal Investigation Directorate of Polda Metro Jaya uncovered a suspected human trafficking network involved in the non-procedural dispatch of 105 Indonesian migrant worker candidates to Libya. The director, Senior Commissioner Iman Imanuddin, explained that investigators have named two suspects, identified as R and DY. The syndicate is alleged to have generated revenue of up to IDR 11.6 billion from the operation, with investigators tracing total fund flows amounting to tens of billions of rupiah through account transactions.

In a separate incident, residents in the Tanah Tinggi area of Kalideres, West Jakarta, bound a man suspected of having a mental disorder with duct tape when he attempted to give alms at a prayer room. The incident occurred on Thursday morning when a prayer room caretaker noticed the man pacing back and forth in the area three times.

Additionally, police in Kalideres have again exposed the illegal distribution of hard drugs and psychotropic substances, arresting two perpetrators identified as JA and SM at two different locations used as sales points. The police chief for Kalideres, Commissioner Rihold Sihotang, stated the case was uncovered following public information about the free sale of hard drugs disguised behind a coffee shop and a cosmetics store.