Police Call The Foreigner Who Was Snatched On Jalan Sudirman Is A WN From Japan

Photos of the perpetrators of the Japanese citizen snatching suffered a broken leg in Sudirman after being hit by a car / screenshot

The Tanah Abang Metro Police confirmed the robbery that happened to a Japanese citizen (WNA) in the Jalan Sudirman area, Karet Tengsin, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. Tanah Abang Metro Police Chief Kompol Patar Mula Bona said the viral video of the mugging of foreigners began with a traffic accident on Sunday, August 20. Then his party conducted an investigation and it was revealed that the traffic accident victim was the perpetrator of a robbery. "The perpetrator with the initials RF (29) a resident of Makasar District, East Jakarta. Meanwhile, the victim with the initials KY, WN Japan," said Kompol Bona when confirmed by VOI, Thursday, August 24, evening.

Kompol Bona continued, the mugging incident began when the victim was taking a selfie with his son. "He (the victim) was walking out with his wife's child, then taking a selfie with his son. This motorbike (the perpetrator) approached from behind, then snatched," he said. In the action, the perpetrator acted alone. Then when he stepped on the gas, his vehicle hit the separator of the vehicle lane barrier between the car and the bicycle. "So we have asked the victim to come through cooperation with the embassy. Then we coordinated with the embassy, so we looked for the embassy. Once we can, we brought it here, but he didn't want to make a report. The important thing is that the cellphone was returned," he said. Currently, the perpetrator is still being treated at Tarakan hospital for the injuries he suffered. However, because the victim did not make a police report, the Tanah Abang Metro Police could not continue the legal process. "Because the police conducted an investigation and investigation into the police report (LP), when there was a police report," he said. Previously, it was reported, a video recording of the motorcyclist suspected that the perpetrator was injured as a car suddenly went viral on Instagram social media. The incident was reported to have occurred on Sunday, August 20. In an amateur video recording, it was seen that a man suspected that the robber was lying on the asphalt with a broken left leg after being hit by a car on Jalan Sudirman, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. From the narration of the upload, the perpetrator and a friend used a motorbike had carried out a robbery action against Foreign Citizens (WNA) who were carrying out the Car Free Day (CFD) activities in the Sudirman area, Tanah Abang.