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Two arrested in West Kalimantan over alleged bride trafficking to China

Two arrested in West Kalimantan over alleged bride trafficking to China

Police said both suspects were homemakers who had allegedly arranged four cross-border marriages.

JAKARTA – Two people have been arrested in West Kalimantan for allegedly operating a bride-trafficking scheme, recruiting Indonesian women for marriages to men in China.

West Kalimantan Police’s Women and Children Protection and Anti-Human Trafficking Directorate chief, Senior Commissioner Rusdiani, said the two suspects, identified only as L, 42, and LKS, 36, were both homemakers who allegedly arranged four such marriages.

In brief

JAKARTA – Two people have been arrested in West Kalimantan for allegedly operating a bride-trafficking scheme, recruiting Indonesian women for marriages to men in China. West Kalimantan Police’s Women and Children Protection and Anti-Human Trafficking Directorate chief, Senior Commissioner Rusdiani, said the two suspects, identified only as L, 42, and LKS, 36, were both homemakers who allegedly arranged four such marriages.

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