INDONESIA: Police, PPATK Hunt Down Rogue Cops

Posted by Asia Views | Oct 4, 2022 | 0 |

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The police have formed a joint investigation team with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) as they begin to crack down on rogue officers allegedly involved with online gambling rings. National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo said the team was looking into suspicious transactions in 329 bank accounts – 202 of which have now been frozen by the PPATK. “From our investigation, we have identified 10 suspects who were allegedly running elite online gambling rings. We have added their names to our list of wanted criminals,” Listyo said on Friday. He did not reveal the identities of the 10 suspects — six of whom are currently overseas. The police have requested Interpol to publish so-called red notices for the six wanted fugitives and have cooperated with authorities in five different countries to arrest them and bring them home. An Interpol red notice does not compel any nation to arrest these individuals but informs law enforcement worldwide that they are wanted in Indonesia. Police have also asked the Law and Human Rights Ministry to issue an overseas travel ban for the remaining four suspects who have not fled to other countries. The joint police-PPATK investigation was launched amid unverified rumors that former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo and numerous high-ranking officers had backed illegal online gambling. Speculation has been especially rife in social media posts referring to “Kekaisaran Sambo” (Sambo’s Empire) and “Konsorsium 303” (303 Consortium). The number “303” refers to the article on gambling in the Criminal Code. Meanwhile, Ferdy Sambo is a key suspect in the ongoing probe into the murder of his subordinate Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat in July. The murder case is the biggest scandal in the Indonesian police to date and it has shredded the police’s image because dozens of police officers were reportedly involved in Ferdy’s alleged cover-up story. Read more at:

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

INDONESIA: Police, PPATK Hunt Down Rogue Cops

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