Lhokseumawe Regional Police revealed Criminal Trafficking in Persons

Hello everyone, the Criminal Investigation Unit of Lhokseumawe Police revealed a cross-country Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) Crime. In that case, the police arrested one suspect.

The suspect was secured with the initials FA (29), a resident of Gampong Uteunkot, Muara Dua District, Lhokseumawe. He was arrested on Thursday (6/9/2018).

The FA is an Aceh-Malaysia human trafficking network and has been acting since the last 10 months.

Invisible Criminal Police Lhokseumawe Iptu Riski Andrian said the disclosure of the Human Trafficking case began with the recognition of two victims with the initials NW (24) and DY (20).

"The suspect recruited two victims to work at a cafe in Malaysia. They were promised to live happily, "said Kasat.
In his words, to smoothen the action the perpetrator bears all the costs of departure of the two victims, including the cost of making a passport.

"The suspect took the victim to Medan, North Sumatra, to make a passport. After the passport is finished, the victim is taken to Batam and handed over to an unknown man, "Kasat said.

Then, both were taken to Malaysia by sea. There, the two women were made Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs) by a Chinese man with the initials Kk.

"They and 60 other people were placed in the mess belonging to the Chinese man," said Kasat.

After several months in the place, the victim managed to escape and returned to his homeland. "Both of them made reports to the police," Riski said.

From the report, the police then secured the suspect.
"We have held the suspect, and are subject to Article 2 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), in conjunction with Article 4 of Republic of Indonesia Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning Eradication of Trafficking in Persons.