Police Hunts Dozens Of Debt Collectors Ambushing A Member Of The Indonesian Army

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JAKARTA - The case of dozens of debt collectors who went viral because they surrounded a member of the Indonesian Army, Second Sergeant Nurhadi, continues to be investigated. Currently, the police are hunting for the debt collectors' whereabouts.

"In pursuit of our members," said East Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Grand Commissioner Guruh Arif Darmawan to VOI, Sunday, May 9.

Although he has not clearly explained the progress of the investigation into the case, the siege incident was said to be at the Kebun Bawang Toll Gate, North Jakarta.

Meanwhile, Deputy Head of North Jakarta Metro Police, Grand Commissioner Adjutant Nasriadi, said that currently the car driven by Second Sergeant Nurhadi, who was the target of the debt collectors, had been secured.

"The car has been secured at the police station so the debt collectors don't take the car," said Nasriadi.

This incident began on Thursday, May 6 at around 14.00 western Indonesia time, Second Sergeant Nurhadi who was at the Semper Timur Urban Village Office received a report from a PPSU member who saw a vehicle being surrounded by approximately 10 people, causing congestion.

Then in the car, there were small children and a sick person, as well as the car owner's uncle and aunt, so Second Sergeant Nurhadi took the initiative to take over the wheel of the car to take them to the hospital via the Koja Barat toll road.

But on the way, the debt collection group still surrounded the car. So Second Sergeant Nurhadi switched to taking the car to the North Jakarta Metro Police because he saw the unfavorable condition.