Recorded By CCTV, Laptop Thief In Kayumanis Matraman Competes To Receive Calls While Escape

JAKARTA - The theft in a boarding room in the Matraman area, East Jakarta, was caught on a CCTV camera. The perpetrator took advantage of the quiet situation, then he broke into the victim's room and took away a bag containing a laptop.

From the CCTV surveillance camera footage, it can be seen that an actor got off his motorbike and walked into a boarding house in the Kayu Manis area, Matraman District, East Jakarta.

The perpetrator took advantage of the boarding atmosphere in a quiet condition. Then he broke into the door in one of the rooms belonging to the boarding room occupants.

The perpetrator managed to steal the bag containing the victim's laptop. To avoid suspicion from local residents, the perpetrator came out of the boarding room by walking casually while pretending to pick up the phone.

Anna, the owner of the boarding room, said that she only found out about the theft after seeing the door to the victim's room open. According to Anna, she saw from CCTV that the perpetrator on a motorbike entered the boarding room and came out again carrying a bag while pretending to make a call.

"I don't know the person, it happened very quickly. The perpetrators pryed the door of the boarding house occupant's room, then went inside," she told reporters, Wednesday, November 17.

Theft has happened before at the same location.

"This is the second time this has happened. Previously, the cellphone was lost within a week. In the future, I will install CCTV," she said.

The victim plans to immediately file a police report for the theft incident. The vulnerability of the theft makes residents nervous and hopes that the police officers will immediately arrest the perpetrators.