Jakarta – The suspect in the car rental fraud and embezzlement case, Christopher Steffanus Budianto (CSB), who caused losses to artist Jessica Iskandar (Jedar), arrived in Indonesia via Soekarno Hatta (Soetta) International Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Tuesday, (21/11) evening.
The arrival of the suspect, who was escorted by the National Police, was around 21.45 WIB, precisely at Terminal 3 Soetta. He was immediately taken to Polda Metro Jaya by the investigative team.
Kabagjatinter Set NCB National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Pol Audie S Latuheru said that his party was highlighting cases, especially for suspects or potential suspects who had fled abroad.
“Tracking the person concerned out of Indonesia was in May. However, because he was traveling in several countries, coordinating and so on took quite a long time,” he said.
He explained that the process of picking up the suspect was carried out in Bangkok, Thailand in collaboration with the Indonesian police and local state security forces.
“Then we went through the Police to Police process and finally succeeded in arresting the person concerned and we picked him up with the Ranmor Sub-Directorate, Ditreskrimum Polda Metro Jaya,” said Kombes Pol Audie.
Regarding the length of time of the arrest, he continued, the suspect often moved from country to country until around 1.5 years the perpetrator was finally arrested in Thailand.
“We carried out a search, the National Police’s Intermediate Division tracked the person in question who left Indonesia in May. Only when we searched for him did he leave and it turned out he had gone to several countries, which made it take time to catch him,” he said again.
“He also left Bali to Singapore, Malaysia, Singapore, Malaysia. So when we found out he was in Singapore, he moved to Malaysia. When we found out he was in Malaysia, he went to Singapore again and then, so did Singapore, Malaysia, Bangkok,” he added.
Previously, the Head of the National Police’s Intermediate Division, Irjen Pol Krishna Murti, said that CSB was arrested in Thailand, on Monday, November 20 2023. The arrest of this fugitive was the result of collaboration with the Thai Police. Bembo
