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Police arrest BP Batam employee for alleged human trafficking
The police received a tip that two women were about to depart from Batam to Singapore as illegal migrant workers.
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A vessel is seen opposite the Marina Pier in front of Batam island (background) in Singapore on May 2, 2020. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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he police have arrested an employee of the Batam Free Trade Zone Authority (BP Batam) for alleged involvement in a human trafficking scheme, after previously rescuing two women who were about to depart for Singapore illegally.
The 50-year-old employee, identified only by the initials RS, was arrested alongside another suspect identified only as MN, 54, at the Batam Centre Harbor Bay on Oct. 31.
Riau Islands Police chief Sr. Comr. Dony Alexander said the police received a tip that two women, identified only as LF, 37, from East Java and TH, 24, from West Nusa Tenggara, were about to depart from Batam to Singapore as illegal migrant workers.
“Based on the report, personnel from IV subdivision of Riau Islands Police Criminal Investigation Department conducted a series of investigations to find if a crime was taking place,” Dony said on Monday, Antara reported.
He said the police were able to rescue the two victims by 1 p.m. on Oct. 31, and on the same day the police also detained the suspects, RS and MN.
From the suspects, the police confiscated pieces of evidence including two passports, two ferry boarding passes, two ferry tickets, three cellphones, a savings account passbook and an ATM card.
Donny said the police were still investigating the case for the possibility of other suspects or the involvement of a human trafficking network.
