DENPASAR, KOMPAS.com – SG (50 years old), a Canadian who admitted that Rp. 1 billion was blackmailed by the brokers’ syndicate in the case (Markus), handed over to Australia via I Gusti Ngurah Airport Rai, Badung Regency, Bali, Thursday (8/6/2023).
Meanwhile, SG was arrested by Bali Police at a villa in Canggu, North Kuta, Badung, Bali, Friday (5/19/2023), after being declared an Interpol fugitive.
Head of Public Relations of the Bali Police, Kombes Stefanus Satake Bayu Setianto, explained that SG was released from the Bali Police Detention Center (Rutan) using the extradition system after serving a period of detention of 20 days.
Then, SG was handed over to Ngurah Rai immigration authorities for deportation.
“Today we are handing over to Immigration the Canadian citizens who were detained at the Bali police for 20 days. Immigration will coordinate with Australian Interpol to have them taken to Canadian Interpol,” he said. he told reporters at Bali police headquarters on Thursday.
He said the process of expelling SG from the Bali police detention center was difficult because the person concerned refused to sign the extradition letter.
SG questioned his status as extraditable by Bali Regional Police, but at immigration he was a deported person.
According to Satake, extradition and deportation fall under the same administrative system, which allows SG to leave Ngurah Rai Airport to travel to Australia.
“The person concerned (the refusal) is linked to the activities of Immigration, because here he is extradited, why is he deported, even if it is only a system, but then we suggested that he had led From data collection activities at Immigration to the airport, we release detainees using the extradition system,” he said.
Satake said SG was deported to Australia because Indonesia did not have an extradition agreement with Canada for Interpol fugitives.
During the trip, SG was escorted by two staff members from the International Relations Division (Divhubinter) of the National Police Headquarters and a member of the Bali Regional Police.
Then, the SG will be received by Interpol Australia and then handed over to Interpol Canada.
“So the process of handing over Divhubinter with the Bali Regional Police is escorting him to Australia and then Australia will accept him to be taken to Canada,” he said.
Satake added that this expulsion process would not stop the investigation into the extortion case reported by SG’s lawyer.
“It’s still a process, yes it’s still a process, no issues related to extortion have been reported and the pre-trial filings submitted by the lawyers are all ongoing,” he said. declared.
Previously, it was reported that SG was arrested at a villa in Canggu Village, Badung Regency, Bali, Friday (5/19/2022).
The arrest was based on a red notice letter from Canadian police. He is suspected of being involved in a case of fraud and falsification of the pension insurance of approximately 355 Canadians resulting in a loss of US$5,000.
Confessed to being blackmailed
Later, SG, through its lawyers Dalimunthe and Tampubolon Lawyers, admitted to extorting Rp1 billion from the business broker.
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Apart from this, SG also felt he was the victim of an unjustified arrest as there was a discrepancy between the passport number given on the red notice and the one he held.
Based on these confessions, two members of the Divhubinter Police Headquarters and a civilian were questioned by the Professional and Security Division (Div Propam) of the police.
Then, SG’s lawyer also reported a foreign citizen (WNA), with the initials AD, to the Bali Regional Police because he was suspected of being involved in the extortion case.
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