This Mother Went Viral Claiming Her Son Lost A Motorbike But Was Even Arrested, The Police Answered 'There Is Evidence That Her Son Is The Perpetrator Of Theft'

A middle-aged hijab woman has gone viral on social media, who claims that her child has been arrested and accused of being the perpetrator of motorcycle theft (curanmor) at the Tegal City Police. Meanwhile, the mother actually said that her child had actually lost a motorcycle. So the mother asks for a policy so that her child is released from legal entanglement.

Responding to the video upload, the Tegal City Police Chief, AKBP Jaka Wahyudi, finally spoke up. The police chief said that the news was a hoax and was not true.

"We have checked and asked directly the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit and the investigators who handled it. As a result, investigators from the Satreskrim are indeed handling the case. And are currently in the process of being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tegal City Police," said the Police Chief, Friday, September 1, 2023.

The police chief explained the chronology, this incident underlies the police report from the sister of END (20) as the reporter.

The person concerned reported that he had lost a black Honda Beat motorcycle No. Pol G-4320-OP. It happened on Saturday 5 August 2023 at around 21.30 WIB in the parking area of the Kardinah Hospital, Tegal City.

"From the results of the investigation by the Criminal Investigation Unit, starting from clarification, examination of witnesses, collection of evidence and case titles.

And we strengthen it with evidence of CCTV footage at the Kardinah Hospital TKP. It turns out that everything is leading to you (FKI) and this has fulfilled the elements of a criminal act.

As regulated in Article 363 of the Criminal Code concerning theft with Weighting. So that investigators determine the child of the mother (R) as a suspect and make arrests.

The police chief emphasized that the statement from the mother (R) in the video upload on social media. The one who stated that his son had lost his motorbike but was detained by the Tegal City Police was not true or a hoax.

Because based on the facts of the results of the investigation by the Criminal Investigation Unit, the child of the mother (R) named (FKI) has sufficient evidence to make him a suspect.

"According to the results of the clarification of the mother (R) on Friday, September 1, 2023, the person concerned stated that this was done solely to get community empathy. And hopes to get justice so that his child can be released," he said.

For this reason, the Police Chief appealed to the public to be wiser in making news. Either through social media or other online media.