There's Nothing WRONG With Punk-Style Buskers, As Long As Don't Make People Restless, Especially Criminals

JAKARTA - The severity of life in Jakarta was felt directly by two punk-style street buskers with tattoos all over their bodies. These two people had the initials MAW alias Bewok and IA alias Peloy.

In their daily lives, the two street buskers often control Traffic Light (TL) or the red light on Jalan Raya Bekasi, KM 25 towards Pulogadung, Ujung Menteng Village, Cakung District, East Jakarta.

To survive in Jakarta, Bewok and Peloy only rely on guitar by becoming buskers on the streets. With a different appearance, such as wearing a punk band t-shirt and tattoos, both of them have gestures that make people restless.

According to colleagues in the community, there is nothing wrong with punk's performance as long as his behavior is positive.

Bewok and Peloy admitted that they received Rp50 per day from the results of busking at the red light intersection.

"One day we get Rp50 thousand, even then we share it (to other friends). (Ganment results) For Food," said IA alias Peloy, Thursday, December 7.

Bewok and Peloy are registered as residents of Cakung District, East Jakarta. Bewok was forced to become buskers because his last education was only in grade 3 of elementary school, as well as Peloy who also graduated from elementary school. Bewok and Peloy do not have a permanent job, both of them often busking on the side of the road.

However, his efforts to earn a living were wrong because Bewok and Peloy often forced the residents when they carried out the ngamen action.

Bewok and Peloy often commit coercion to ask for money from residents who pass through their area of power. If they are not given money, then Bewok and Peloy and their gang will not hesitate to injure the victim.

Previously, it was reported that the Cakung Police Criminal Investigation Unit managed to apprehend two buskers with tattoos who beat an extraordinary school student (SLB) with special needs around the scene. The two perpetrators were arrested after the police received a report from the victim's parents.

"The two perpetrators with the initials MAW alias Bewok and IA alias Peloy were immediately arrested at the same location. The evidence confiscated was the victim's clothes and helmets as well as the clothes of the two perpetrators at the time of the incident," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Cakung Police, AKP Kholid when confirmed, Wednesday, December 6, afternoon.

When arrested, the two perpetrators admitted their actions. The two perpetrators do not have a permanent job, they spend their daily lives only looking for money.

Furthermore, the two perpetrators were taken to the Cakung Police Headquarters for further processing. From his statement, the two perpetrators also only graduated from elementary school (SD).

Based on the results of police interrogation, the two perpetrators admitted that they had ganged up on the victim with special needs because they were upset that they were not given money.