Military officer allegedly helped Influencer Rachel Vennya escape quarantine

A army officer stationed at Soekarno-Hatta Worldwide Airport allegedly assisted influencer Rachel Vennya in escaping necessary COVID-19 quarantine after coming back from overseas, an official investigation has revealed. 

The investigation was performed by Jakarta Raya Army Regional Command (Kodam Jaya), with the officer — recognized by his initials FS — set to bear questioning quickly. 

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“Throughout the investigation, we discovered that there was allegedly non-procedural motion by a member of Soekarno-hatta Airport Safety Armed Forces with the initials FS,” Kodam Jaya’s spokesman Herwin BS said in a statement today.

Herwin mentioned the investigation into Rachel’s case is ongoing, with authorities tracing again the influencer’s journey from her arrival on the airport to the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital at Wisma Atlet Pademangan, North Jakarta. 

As well as, Rachel shouldn’t have been permitted to remain on the facility within the first place, as those that are entitled to quarantine at Wisma Atlet Pademangan are Indonesian migrant employees, college students, and authorities officers. 

The 26-year-old Rachel and her accomplice, Salim Nauderer, not too long ago returned from New York Trend Week as an envoy for an Indonesian vogue model, together with different celebrities and influencers. In response to Indonesia’s laws on the time of their return, vacationers arriving from overseas should bear quarantine for eight days upon arrival. 

The allegation first surfaced after an Instagram consumer wrote a remark underneath a put up, claiming to be the executive officer who entered Rachel’s knowledge on the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital in Wisma Atlet Pademangan, North Jakarta.

Responding to the attainable scandal, Well being Ministry spokeswoman Siti Nadia Tarmizi mentioned on Tuesday that the federal government needs authorities to noticeably look into the case.

Underneath Indonesia’s Well being Quarantine Regulation, Rachel and her accomplice might doubtlessly withstand one-year imprisonment every for violating necessary quarantine guidelines.