inp.polri.go.id - Tasikmalaya. The Tasikmalaya Sub-regional Police, rescued a 16-year-old vocational high school student suspected of being a victim of trafficking by a foreign national from China.
The victim was found in an apartment in the Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) 2 area, Tangerang, Banten, after being reported missing by her family.
Tasikmalaya Sub-regional Police Chief, Superintendent Ade Papa Rihi, stated that the case is currently being investigated as a suspected sexual assault as she was bought under a mail-order bride.
"The person in question is a victim of a suspected crime, which I am currently stating under the Criminal Code on Sexual Violence (UU TPKS), is a mail-order bride," he said at a press conference in Tasikmalaya on Thursday (10/15/2026).
Ade explained that the victim is a resident of Bantarkalong District, Tasikmalaya Regency. The family reported her missing on October 2, 2026, after independent search efforts yielded no results.
Following up on the report, the police conducted an investigation and coordinated with the Indonesian National Police (INP) Headquarters to track down the victim. The effort paid off on Sunday (11/10/2026), when the victim was found in an apartment in the PIK 2 area, Tangerang, Banten.
"The team moved quickly and managed to secure the victim, or rather, the missing child. After we secured her there," said Ade.
Based on the initial investigation, police suspect the victim was the target of a mail-order bride scheme involving a Chinese national with the initials XM alias MJ (35). The apartment is suspected to be the victim's temporary residence while awaiting the arrival of the man in question.
"The victim's purpose in being at the Tokyo PIK 2 Apartment was to stay temporarily while awaiting the arrival of Mr. XM alias MJ," he said.
Ade revealed that the victim had previously communicated intensively with the man via social media. During these communications, the man allegedly gave the victim money to persuade her to leave home without her parents' knowledge.
The victim then used the money to travel from Tasikmalaya to the apartment that had been prepared.
"With the money she had given, she didn't tell her parents. Finally, based on the investigation, we found the person in question was alone in the apartment," he said.
The police are still investigating the alleged crime, including investigating the role of the foreign national allegedly involved and the possible involvement of other parties in the mail-order bride practice.
To track down XM, also known as MJ, the police are coordinating with the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections and the INP International Relations Division.
The police confirmed that the victim has received treatment and has been reunited with her family. Support is still being provided to support the victim's recovery, given her age.
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