In Two Days the Immigration Arrests Two Foreigners of Interpol’s Economic Crime Fugitives

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JAKARTA – Two foreign nationals from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) fugitives in economic crime cases were successfully arrested by the Immigration Intelligence Directorate on Friday (13/10/2023) and Saturday (14/10/2023). Two men with the initials LZ and YX have been on Interpol’s wanted list since 2016 due to economic crimes committed in their home country.

“We received a request for assistance in searching for the two foreigners from the PRC Government on 9 October 2023. Information regarding the identity and whereabouts of the foreigners was detected through the Face Recognition technology that we have and is integrated with the border crossing system. “Based on our database, LZ and YX are known to live in the Mangga Dua area, North Jakarta and LZ even already has an Indonesian ID card too,” said the Director General of Immigration, Silmy Karim on Friday (20/10/2023).

From the results of further investigations, it was discovered that LZ and YX were respectively located in the Pantai Indah Kapuk area, North Jakarta and Cikupa, Tangerang. LZ was detained at a restaurant in North Jakarta, while YX was detained while playing futsal. The investigation was carried out by the Intelligence Directorate General of Immigration together with the Immigration Intelligence and Enforcement Team (Inteldakim) of the Tangerang Immigration Office and the North Jakarta Immigration Office.

“The Directorate General of Immigration is committed to carrying out early detection and action detection so that Indonesia is not used as a place to escape for criminals or fugitives from other countries. “Indonesia must not be a place of escape for foreigners who commit criminal acts in their home country,” stressed the Director General of Immigration.

LZ and YX have violated Article 196 of the PRC criminal law, namely committing financial or economic crimes. Based on Article 75 Paragraph 3 of Law No. 6 of 2011 on Immigration, for their efforts to flee to avoid being punished in their home country. They will be subject to Immigration Administrative Action in the form of deportation on Thursday, 26 October 2023 to be tried in their country.