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View all search resultsNorth Sumatra church fraud fugitive detained after fleeing abroad
Suspect Andi Hakim Febriansyah and his wife Camelia Rosa were arrested upon arrival from Malaysia by immigration officers.
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F
ormer head of BNI sub-branch Andi Hakim Febriansyah was arrested at Kualanamu International Airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, on Monday, for allegedly embezzling Rp 28 billion (US$1.64 million) of funds owned by a Catholic church.
Hakim and his wife Camelia Rosa were arrested upon arrival from Malaysia by immigration officers.
Medan Immigration Office head Uray Avia said both fugitives were detected by passenger analysis unit (PAU) team when they were onboard a Malaysia Airlines flight MH860 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kualanamu.
The PAU team then conducted an analysis and identified the fugitives in the passenger manifest, after the immigration office had earlier received information from the police that Hakim and his wife had fled abroad.
“After we confirmed that they both were in a prevention list submitted by the police, we immediately detained them according to procedure,” Uray said after arresting Hakim and his wife at the airport on Monday.
He said the move against Hakim and his wife was related to alleged banking crimes, document forgery and embezzlement at Aek Nabara Catholic parish in Labuhanbatu regency, North Sumatra. Both fugitives were thereafter handed over to the North Sumatra Police’s Special Crimes Investigation Directorate (Reskrimsus).
North Sumatra Reskrimsus director Sr. Comr. Rahmat Budi Handoko confirmed that Hakim and his wife were being detained at North Sumatra Police detention center. He said the arrest was the result of a coordination between the police and airport immigration.
