Fake journalists, mass organisation members arrested in Indonesia crackdown

SEMARANG, Indonesia – The Central Java Police have arrested dozens of suspects allegedly involved in extortion and fraud, including members of rogue mass organisations and individuals posing as journalists, as part of a nationwide crackdown on gangs and street crime.

Central Java Police director of the General Crime Directorate, Senior Commissioner Dwi Subagio, said the authorities had arrested the head of the Pemuda Pancasila (PP) youth organisation in Blora regency, identified only as MJ, for allegedly defrauding a local business owner.