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Police bust book-forging syndicate
The Jakarta Police have arrested three men who are alleged to have had forged books required by sailors to work legitimately
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he Jakarta Police have arrested three men who are alleged to have had forged books required by sailors to work legitimately. The men are suspected of running the operation four years under PT Lakemba Perkasa Bahari, a sailing business.
Jakarta Police spokesperson Martinus Sitompul said on Wednesday that the three suspects were identified as RA, the owner of the company, staff member HN and book seller JL.
'The books are required to be able to work as a sailor,' Martinus told reporters at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Wednesday.
Adj. Sr. Comr. Adi Vivid, head of the environmental and resource subdirectorate at the police's special crime directorate, said the arrests were made after the police received information from 10 sailors who said their documents had been forged at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Jan. 21.
'The sailors paid Rp 350,000 [US$27] for each counterfeited book,' Adi said.
The three forgers will be charged under articles 263 and 266 of the Criminal Code and Article 145 of Law No. 17/2008 on shipping. (***)
