Offences against the state are always perpetrated through invisible or hidden means
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The pro-caliphate group Khilafatul Muslimin has committed hidden crimes, as residents are unaware that they have been the victims of the group's actions, Greater Jakarta Police Chief Inspector General Fadli Imran stated.

"Hence, it is not possible to see and perceive (their actions) as law violations on the surface," Imran remarked at the police headquarters here on Thursday.

The police chief noted that personal, persuasive, and entrepreneurship approaches are often employed by perpetrators of hidden crimes.

The Khilafatul Muslimin group exploited residents, who were unaware of their actions in seeking legitimacy, he pointed out.

Imran stated that crimes committed by the group are no longer conventional criminal violations, but rather, offences against the state, as the group seeks to undermine the country's sovereignty.

"Offences against the state are always perpetrated through invisible or hidden means," Imran pointed out.

He then pressed for collective conscience to be nurtured among residents to prevent the spread of ideologies opposing the national ideology Pancasila.

"The Greater Jakarta Police could not act alone in facing and handling mass organisations opposing Pancasila. It is our collective duty to maintain our national commitment," he remarked.

Earlier, the Indonesian Police had named 23 suspects in the ongoing investigation into the pro-caliphate group in several cities, including the organization’s head, Abdul Qadir Hasan Baraja.

"At present, we have named 23 individuals as suspects," Indonesian Police's public information bureau head, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, stated on Tuesday (Jun 14).

While he did not reveal the roles that each suspect played in the organization, he pointed out that some of the individuals were leaders of the group.

The 23 suspects were arrested in different regions, Ramadhan stated. Police forces in Central Java, West Java, and Lampung arrested five individuals each, while the East Java police apprehended one individual, he added.

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Editor: Sri Haryati
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