JAKARTA - It didn't take long for the Kelapa Gading Police Criminal Investigation Unit to arrest Vanbasten Mangang Awan alias VMA, a debt collector who was the executor of the confiscation and persecution on Jalan Gading Nias Raya, Kelapa Gading District, North Jakarta, a few days ago.
"We managed to arrest him at a gas station in the Tanah Abang area. The suspect has the initials VMA," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Kelapa Gading Police, AKP Kiki Tanlim, to VOI, Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
The arrest of the suspect is based on the results of the investigation and identification carried out by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Kelapa Gading Police against the perpetrator.
"We managed to get the identity of the perpetrator and Praise God for arresting him. We received information that the perpetrator was there, the members immediately launched and arrested the perpetrator," he said.
In the action, the suspect also carried out acts of persecution against victims of motorbike riders.
"From the testimony of the victim or the complainant, only one of the four of them carried out the persecution. The victim was kicked in the shoulder," he said.
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Meanwhile, in the confiscation, there were 4 perpetrators. One person with the initials VMA was arrested. VMA also abused the victim.
"Of the four people we managed to identify, we only got one. The three are still being chased. That's right, the perpetrator with the initials VMA (the main executor)," he said.
Kanit emphasized that the confiscation carried out by VMA was classified as thuggery, because there was intimidation to acts of violence.
"For the community, if they find a similar incident, they are stopped on the road and there is intimidation and persecution, immediately take the vehicle to the nearest police station or call call center 110," he said.
For his actions, VMA was charged with Article 351 and/or Article 352 related to persecution.
Previously, it was reported that a Honda Vario motorcycle rider became a victim of robbery by a group of men with debt collector mode while crossing Jalan Gading Nias Raya, precisely opposite Mahaka Square, Kelapa Gading Barat Village, Kelapa Gading District, North Jakarta.
The victim admitted that it was followed by the perpetrators first, until the victim was stopped on the side of the road by a group of perpetrators. The debate ensued between the perpetrators and the victim who owned the motorbike.
"We just do our job," the perpetrator told the victim.
The robbery incident in the debt collector mode was recorded and spread on Instagram social media.
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