Cruel, Ojol Driver In Padang Molested 3 Transgenders 4 Hours

Illustration Of Online Ojek/ Photo: Bitor Ekin P

Three transvestites were arrested by the Koto Tangah Police, Padang, after molesting and molesting an online motorcycle taxi driver (ojol) at a rented house at Cendana Housing, Tabing Housing, Koto Tangah, Padang City, West Sumatra, on Sunday 8 October.

Three transvestites, identified as AP (25 years), JN (30), and HS (38) used the mode of pretending to buy a cellphone from the victim known as the initials RF (26 years). They arranged a meeting with the victim through the COD (cash on delivery) method.

After the victim arrived at the perpetrator's rented house, they forcibly dragged the victim into the house and committed violence and obscenity against him for about 4 hours.

The victim immediately reported this incident to the Koto Tangah Police regarding the rape and violence he experienced. The police immediately responded to the report by visiting the perpetrator's rented house, but unfortunately, the perpetrator had fled.

The police team together with several ojol drivers in Padang conducted a search for the perpetrators. They managed to find one of the perpetrators, HS, who was being MC at an event. HS was arrested and provided information about the whereabouts of two of his colleagues, namely AP and JN.

The other two perpetrators were also arrested at a boarding house in the Padang Sarai area. The three perpetrators admitted their actions, including the use of sharp objects, stones, and screwdrivers in violence against the victim and sexual abuse against them.

The Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Koto Tangah Police, Ipda Mardianto Padang, explained that initially they received reports from the public about the whereabouts of one of the suspects, HS, who is currently being an MC at Cendana Housing.

"The team immediately moved to the location and managed to arrest the suspect HS," said Mardianto, Sunday, October 8.

Mardianto added that HS directed the police team to the location of the other two suspects at the Kayu Kalek boarding house.

Two suspects, AP and JN, were arrested without a fight. Both admitted their actions which included mistreatment and molestation of the victim. The three perpetrators were taken to the Koto Tangah Police Headquarters for further investigation and legal steps.