Arrested Indonesian regent accused of caging teens, drug addicts in his home

A police officer inspects an iron-barred cell located in the residential compound of apprehended Langkat regent Terbit Rencana Perangin Angin in Raja Tengah village, North Sumatra, on Jan 26, 2022. - Antara This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "Arrested regent accused of caging teens, drug addicts in his home". Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2022/01/27/arrested-regent-accused-of-caging-teens-drug-addicts-in-his-home.html. Download The Jakarta Post app for easier and faster news access: Android: http://bit.ly/tjp-android iOS: http://bit.ly/tjp-ios

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Inactive regent of Langkat, North Sumatra, and recently named graft suspect, Terbit Rencana Peranginangin, has been accused of caging dozens of people at his home in North Sumatra and compelling them to work on his oil palm plantation.

Authorities discovered an iron-barred cell as they searched Terbit’s residential compound during his arrest in a Jan 18 sting operation led by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).