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View all search resultsRiau couple held for facilitating human trafficking
Bengkalis Police have uncovered two illegal migrant workers syndicates in the past two weeks.
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Personnel from a joint team (background) talk to five prospective migrant workers at Wisma Amira hotel in Dumai, Riau, on Dec. 12, 2025. A human trafficking syndicate was going to send the migrant workers to work in Cambodia through Malaysia. (Courtesy of BP3MI Riau/-)
Police in Bengkalis regency, Riau, arrested on Monday two suspects for alleged human trafficking and immigration violations.
Bengkalis Police chief spokesman First Adj. Insp. Juliandi Barzah said on Wednesday that the case started with a police report on alleged illegal sheltering of Indonesian migrant workers in Senggoro village, Bengkalis district.
“Two suspects were arrested at a house on Jl. Hasanah in Senggoro village,” he said.
The suspects were identified only as J and his wife S.
Police found five Indonesian migrant workers who had just returned from Malaysia illegally by sea.
“Based on initial investigation, the migrant workers used a speed boat from Malaysia and were collected at illegal ports using a black Fortuner car and were escorted by the two suspects directly to the shelter house,” Juliandi said.
He added that the newly arrived migrant workers were resting for several hours before they were picked up by the authorities.
