Extortion Is Rampant In Medan, This Is What The Mayor Said, Bobby Nasution

MEDAN - Thugs asking for money are still rife in the city of Medan. Many incidents are also shared on social media.

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution emphasized that extortion violates the rules. He also warned that the ranks of the Medan City Government would not commit extortion.

"Thugs or unscrupulous people who shouldn't ask for money with inappropriate actions can be extorted. Anyway, I can say that extortion is not only from government ranks", Bobby said, Tuesday, October 5.

Especially in traditional markets, Bobby Nasution said that illegal levies on traders should not occur. Bobby admitted that he had conveyed this to the newly inaugurated PUD Pasar Directors.

"Especially in the market, I have conveyed to the new directors, starting from garbage, bathrooms, cleanliness, parking, there should be no extortion either from internal or external", he said.

Therefore, Bobby Nasution gave time to the PUD Pasar Directors to immediately fix the managed traditional markets so that similar incidents would not be found again.

"We give them time to tidy up at the market. Yesterday, I saw several points being tidied up", he said.

Regarding the rise of extortion, he ensured that his party would take firm action against all forms of thuggery that disrupt order.

"If there is sufficient evidence that he committed a criminal act, we will definitely take firm action. It is always submitted, if there is sufficient evidence, we will definitely act decisively", said the Head of Public Relations of the North Sumatra Police, Kombes Hadi Wahyudi.

The police asked people who were victims of acts of thuggery to report to the police.

"Come on, the community, let's report it. He is the one who experienced the incident, he has video evidence, let's report it, don't just make it viral. So make an official report, so that the police will follow up with sufficient criminal elements", he explained.