Denpasar (Antara Bali) - Bali`s Police transferred 17 Chinese and 10
Taiwanese allegedly involved in cybercrimes to the National Police
Headquarters, Jakarta, for further investigation along with other
Chinese arrested in Jakarta and Surabaya, East Java, for similar crimes.
"We, the Bali Police, along with the Counter Transnational
Organized Crime task force and the National Police`s Criminal
Investigation Department will move the 27 foreign nationals to Jakarta,"
Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ruddy Setiawan of the Bali Police stated
here, Monday.
In addition to the Chinese and Taiwanese, four Indonesians involved in the crime were transferred to Jakarta.
The 27 Chinese and Taiwanese were arrested during a raid on a luxury
home located in South Kuta, Badung District, Bali Province, on Saturday
(July 29).
Some 38 phones, 25 modems, seven routers, 10 laptops, eight
cellular phones, CCTVs, and six passports were seized during an
operation by a joint team involving members of the Indonesian and
Chinese Police.
Last Saturday, a joint team of police officers had also arrested 27
Chinese nationals for their alleged role in an international cybercrime
syndicate in Pondok Indah, South Jakarta.
Under the garb of being law enforcement officers, they were found to
have swindled and extorted money from fellow Chinese nationals, Chief
of the Public Information Bureau of the National Police Brigadier
General Rikwanto noted.
The syndicate, comprising 15 men and 12 women, threatened the victims
by accusing them of being involved in a legal case, he remarked.
They later demanded a sum of money in return for acquitting them of legal charges, he revealed.
"Only after transferring a sum of money did they realize that they
had been cheated and later reported the case to the Chinese police," he
pointed out, adding that the syndicate had been operating in Indonesia
since March this year.
On the same day, Surabaya`s Police arrested 81 Chinese and 12
Taiwanese for allegedly committing cybercrimes. They were also later
transferred to Jakarta. (WDY)
Chinese, Taiwanese Criminals Transferred To Police Headquarters In Jakarta
Senin, 31 Juli 2017 17:36 WIB