Canadian citizen fugitive from Interpol in Bali named victim of wrongful arrest

Posted On: July 5, 2023

DENPASAR, KOMPAS.com A Canadian citizen bearing the initials SG (50), declared a fugitive by Interpol, was allegedly the victim of an unjustified arrest by the Bali police.

This was conveyed by his legal advisers, Dalimunthe & Tampubolon Lawyers to Bali Police Headquarters on Sunday (06/04/2023).

Parhur Dalimunthe said his party discovered a number of irregularities in his client’s arrest.

Among them is a discrepancy in the passport number shown in Interpol’s Red Notice Letter No. A-6452/80-2022, with the passport in SG’s pocket.

“In the red notice, the person to be arrested is a person with passport number G809633 with married status. In fact, our client is a foreigner (foreign citizen) with passport number: AA495494 not G809633 and our client is divorced,” he said. told reporters. , Sunday.

The next quirk, Pahrur continued, was the case that ensnared his client, which he said would happen in 2021 in Canada.

Meanwhile, SG has been living in Bali since 2020 with a limited residence card number: 2c22E10433 – W issued by the TPI Ngurah Rai immigration office.

Then his client’s arrest by Bali police was also based on a Model A Police Report (LPA). In fact, his client did not commit a crime in Indonesia.

“In our police, the PLA is when the police saw, witnessed a crime first hand, so what crime did the police see that was reported, there is not didn’t have,” he said.

“Then there is an investigator’s warrant, immediately fingerprinted, the process should have been from the LP, first an investigation then an investigation, it is the same day. Then he is called a suspect, the process for a person to become a suspect does not need to have an LP, investigation, investigation, summons, examination, forfeiture of evidence is not directly a suspect,” he continued.

He said that with these irregularities, the extradition action against SG was considered illegal if carried out.

According to information obtained, SG is scheduled to be extracted to Australia via I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 10:00 p.m.

“Bringing SG to a country that is not SG’s country is a violation of the extradition process and a serious violation of criminal procedures in Indonesia and international human rights,” he said.

Therefore, Pahrur et al asked the Bali police to postpone the surrender of their client until the status was clear.

“If there is to be a transfer, then the Canadian side must go directly to Indonesia, and this must be in accordance with the applicable and binding extradition law in Indonesia,” he said.

Previously, it was reported that Bali Regional Police arrested a Canadian citizen, SG (50), who was declared a fugitive by Interpol at a villa in Canggu Berawa, North Kuta, Badung, Bali on Saturday (20/5 /2023).

The man with passport AA495494 has been wanted by Interpol with red notice status since August 2022. He is suspected of being involved in a fraud and counterfeiting case in Canada.

In Interpol red notices, SG is suspected of having committed fraud on the pension funds of 335 people with a total loss of 74.6 million rupees.

“This arrest was based on a letter from Kadiv Hubinter Polri Number: R/347/V/HUM.4.4.9/2023/Divhubinter, dated May 19, 2023, regarding the request for the arrest and detention of the subject of the notice red from Interpol Stéphane Gagnon, and arrest warrant number: SP.Kap/47/V/2023/Ditreskrimum, May 20, 2023,” Bali Police Public Relations Chief Kombes Pol Stefanus Satake said on Saturday. Bayu Setianto, in a written statement.

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