Decoration Entrepreneurs In Medan Get Extorted Asking Bobby Nasution For Help, Police Intervene

MEDAN - Illegal levies (extortion) again occur in the city of Medan. This time, the decoration businessman at the hotel was the victim.

The act of extortion was recorded by the victim and uploaded on social media to spread widely. In the uploaded photo, there is a man in a yellow shirt standing behind a fence.

The victim explained that his party was always asked for money when installing decorations at the Polonia Hotel Medan. The photo sender also asked the Mayor of Medan, Bobby Nasution, to curb the disturbing extortion.

"Please, Mr. @bobbynst, so that illegal extortion like this is put in order, because we work in need of calm and comfort without threats or cursing if we don't give it," wrote the narration of the photo seen, Monday, November 29.

"He asked for 150 thousand lo, if you're not angry enough," wrote the photo uploader.

Next, the owner of the photo re-uploaded another photo showing a man in a blue shirt standing behind an iron fence.

"Please Mr. @bobbynst, this is a thug who decorates every hotel @lepoloniahotel always asking for money if he doesn't give it or if he's not angry enough, he threatens. And here he was, I pawned his cellphone for 50 thousand and I didn't want to give him and he kept asking for more money because he wasn't paid enough yesterday he said," wrote the photo uploader.

Separately, the Head of the Medan Baru Police, AKP Teuku Fathir Mustafa said that his party was aware of the incident. He stressed that the police will carry out an investigation regarding the viral act of extortion.

"We have received the information, we will follow up with an investigation. We will make sure first, we will check the TKP (the crime scene)," said AKP Fathir to VOI, Monday, November 29.

So far, they have not received a report from the victim. AKP Fathir asked the victim to immediately report the matter to the Medan Baru Police.

"There are no reports yet," he said.