Danger To Humans, Central Java Police Threats To Criminalize Installing Electric Rat Traps In Rice Fields

CENTRAL JAVA - Head of Public Relations of the Central Java Police, Kombes Iqbal Alqudusy, said that rat traps that use electricity in rice fields and potentially endanger human safety can be criminally charged.

"A mousetrap installer using electricity if it kills another person can be charged with Article 359 of the Criminal Code," said Iqbal in Semarang, Antara, Friday, August 27.

Many incidents of electric rat traps in rice fields actually kill other people's lives. Actually, the installation of this trap started from the misuse of the electricity installation permit in the middle of the rice fields.

Because the permit to install electricity in the middle of the rice fields is usually for the operation of the water pump machine.

However, he continued, many farmers abused it to set mouse traps.

He said that electric traps are indeed effective in suppressing the presence of rat pests.

However, he said, the use of electric rat traps was not permitted because it was dangerous to humans.