Senin 28 Aug 2017 22:57 WIB

Police trace Saracen users by analyzing financial transactions

Rep: Mabruroh / Red: Reiny Dwinanda
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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Head of Public Relations of National Police Senior Commissioner Martinus Sitompul said the investigator have found some informations related to bank accounts of Saracen group users. The informations were still being analyzed.

"We try to analyse data of their financial transactions and seek where the money come from," he said at his office on Monday.

Martinus said by finding the bank account and amount of transfer then the party who order the misleading news and the order could be revealed. "Therefore, we could see whether there were orders or communications in relation to the effort to spread misleading information," he said.

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According to Martinus, the police have not found real bank accounts but in the form of data owned by Saracen group.

Furthermore, Martinus said the police also still trying to deepen the investigation on the listed members and officials of Saracen group. "We will check and confirm it to the suspects," he reiterated.

Saracen group made several Facebook accounts, namely Saracen News, Saracen Cyber Team and Saracennewscom. The group is accused to spread hate speech of ethnicity, religion, race, and and inter-group relations has 800 thousand followers. 

The Cyber Crime Unit of National Police have arrest three suspects of group administrator on early August. The Saracen group was established in November 2015.

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