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Police have designated two suspects in connection with the bust of an illegal mobile phone (HP) importation case from China. Both suspects are being charged under money laundering (TPPU) provisions.

This revelation underscores the Indonesian National Police (Polri)’s commitment to supporting President Prabowo Subianto’s Asta Cita programme, particularly the seventh pillar, which focuses on strengthening political, legal, and bureaucratic reforms, as well as eradicating corruption, drugs, gambling, and smuggling. Polri has subsequently formed a task force for law enforcement against smuggling crimes that harm state assets, via a directive from the National Police Chief.

Director of Special Economic Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Ade Safri Simanjuntak, stated on Tuesday (21/4/2026) that the two suspects are DCP alias P and SJ. They each played different roles.

“DCP alias P acted as the importer bringing goods into Indonesia in a non-new condition and without SNI certification,” Ade said.

DCP’s actions are suspected to violate provisions on criminal trade and/or industrial crimes and/or crimes related to standardisation and conformity assessment, and/or telecommunications crimes and/or consumer protection crimes and/or money laundering, as stipulated in Article 106 and/or Article 111 jo 47 paragraph (1) and/or Article 113 jo Article 57 paragraph 2 of Law No. 7 of 2014 on Trade and/or Article 120 of Law No. 3 of 2014 on Industry and/or Article 67 of Law No. 20 of 2014 on Standardisation and Conformity Assessment and/or Article 52 jo Article 32 paragraph (1) of Law No. 36 of 1999 on Telecommunications and/or Article 62 jo 8 paragraph (1) of Law No. 8 of 1999 on Consumer Protection and/or Article 607 paragraph (1) letters a and b of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code jo Minister of Industry Regulation No. 97 of 2015 on the Mandatory Implementation of Indonesian National Standards (SNI) for Azo Colour Substances, Formaldehyde Content, and Extracted Metal Content in Fabrics for Baby Clothes.

Meanwhile, SJ acted as the customer importing goods into Indonesia in a non-new condition. SJ’s actions are suspected to violate provisions on criminal trade and/or telecommunications crimes and/or consumer protection crimes and/or money laundering, as stipulated in Article 106 and/or Article 111 jo 47 paragraph (1) and/or Article 113 jo Article 57 paragraph 2 of Law No. 7 of 2014 on Trade and/or Article 52 jo Article 32 paragraph (1) of Law No. 36 of 1999 on Telecommunications and/or Article 62 jo 8 paragraph (1) of Law No. 8 of 1999 on Consumer Protection and/or Article 607 paragraph (1) letters a and b of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.

Previously reported, Bareskrim raided PT TSL in Sidoarjo. PT TSL reportedly used shell companies to handle mobile phone import documentation.

“Investigators believe that PT TSL is a holding company that utilised several shell companies to manage illegal mobile phone import documents,” Ade stated.

Before raiding PT TSL, Bareskrim first searched warehouses related to illegal mobile phone imports last week. These warehouses are located at Jl Kapuk Kayu Besar North Jakarta, a shophouse on Jalan Pluit Barat North Jakarta, Mutiara Palem shophouse West Jakarta, Citra Garden Housing Cluster Green Papyrus, Boulevard Raya shophouse West Jakarta, and Toho shophouse North Jakarta.

From those searches, Bareskrim seized various brands of mobile phones, including iPhones.

“Seized: 56,557 iPhone units (total value Rp 225,208,000,000), 1,625 Android units (total value Rp 5,387,500,000), and mobile phone spare parts (batteries, chargers, cables, etc.) 18,574 units. Total 76,756 units with a total value of Rp 235,089,800,000,” he explained.