Fake Indonesian Covid-19 test result syndicate nabbed
Published on: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
By: Tempo Indonesia
‘The Soekarno-Hatta airport police along with other stakeholders acted in support of the airport’s collective goal – healthy flights.’
JAKARTA: State airport operator Angkasa Pura II (AP II) publicly appreciated the work of authorities at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport after aviation security managed to arrest a criminal syndicate that makes fake Covid-19 test results.“The Soekarno-Hatta airport police along with other stakeholders had acted in support of the airport’s collective goal, healthy flights,” said the Soekarno-Hatta executive general manager Agus Haryadi on Monday.
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After condemning such actions committed by the syndicate, Agus assured that none of Angkasa Pura II employees were involved in the criminal syndicate and called for stakeholders to “Work closely, heighten awareness to not give any space for any other Covid-19 test result forgers,” he asserts.
AP II along with the Indonesian Health Ministry have increased its monitoring following the incident by implementing massive inspections to prevent forged health reports in the future by better utilizing the eHAC app which helps validate the authenticity of an individual’s test result.
Reported on Monday, Police detained 15 people of a syndicate allegedly forging negative results of COVID-19 swab tests, rapid antibody tests, or rapid antigen tests at the airport.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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The airport police’s chief of criminal investigation unit, Comr. Akhmad Alexander Yurikho, reiterated that the suspects were active employees at the airport.
