Indonesia, Oct. 16 -- Tasikmalaya District Police in West Java have rescued a 16-year-old teenager from a suspected mail-order bride trafficking scheme involving a Chinese national in Tangerang, Banten.

"She is believed to be a victim of the mail-order bride scheme as stipulated in the Sexual Violence Crimes Act," Tasikmalaya Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ade Papa Rihi said in a press conference on Thursday.

A vocational high school student, the victim is a resident of Bantarkalong Sub-district in Tasikmalaya. Her family filed a missing person report with the police on October 2 after failing to find her themselves several days after her disappearance.

Upon investigation, conducted with assistance from the National Police He...