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AKARTA: The West Jakarta Police launched an app on Friday called the Whistle Blower System (WBS) to make it easier for citizens to report all kinds of criminal activity.

The app, which is currently only available on the Android platform, is specifically designed for corruption reporting but West Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Rudy Heriyanto Adi Nugroho said the app could be used to report any type of crime. '€œSo, we want all crimes reported through the app,'€ he told reporters during the launch of the app at the West Jakarta Police headquarters.

Although it had been launched by the West Jakarta Police, he said, the app could be used by all Indonesians to report criminal activities.

The West Jakarta Police, he added, would forward reports of crimes that occurred outside their jurisdiction to any related police authorities.

The West Jakarta Police have called the app: Whistle Blower, Solusi Untuk Indonesia, or Whistle Blower, Solution for Indonesia.

Meanwhile, Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian said reports on corruption would be handled by the police and would not be forwarded to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Rudy said his force had so far received 80 reports since it became available on Dec. 13 last year.

The app, which can be found on Google Play Store under the name WBS Polres Jakbar, had been downloaded 500 times as of Friday evening.