Colombian Citizen Admits To Paying Rp. 200 Thousand When Reporting To Kuta Police, This Is The Response Of The Bali Police

Head of Public Relations of the Bali Police, Kombes Ariasandy/ANTARA/Rolandus Numpu

BADUNG - Bali Regional Police (Polda) promised not to criminalize citizens who reported alleged violations committed by police officers in Bali.

"Please just report via WhatsApp, we will definitely follow up on social media. It will not be (criminalization)," said Head of Public Relations of the Bali Police, Kombes Ariasandy, Tuesday, January 21.

This was conveyed by Ariasandy following a report of alleged extortion of Colombian citizens who were asked for a ransom when making a loss report at the Kuta Police. The Colombian citizen admitted to paying Rp200 thousand.

He explained that in an era of openness like today there is no more information that can be closed. Therefore, anyone can report anything, through any platform so that they can see the performance of members in the field.

Sandy saw that social media was effective as a means of supervision in addition to making official reports.

Even so, the correctness and accuracy of the data from each public report must be considered so as not to harm other parties.

"Whatever form of information that is reported by the public through our social media platform, we will definitely follow up on the truth. If he is wrong, we will take action against him. If he is wrong, not right, we will straighten it out," he said.

To members on duty at each Integrated Police Service Center (SPKT) to comply with standard operating procedures (Standard Operational Procedures/SOPs) which are regulated according to statutory regulations.

"Those who work at SPKT already have an SOP on how to receive reports, treat people who report and so on, there is already an SOP. When he violates the SOP, it means he violates discipline or even a professional code of ethics," he said.