JAKARTA - The Central Jakarta Metro Police will investigate the confession of Suderajat cork ice seller who was persecuted for selling ice that was allegedly made from sponge.
"We will clarify whether what was conveyed (by the ice gabus trader) on social media is true or not," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Central Jakarta Metro Police AKBP Roby Heri Saputra, ANTARA, Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
According to Suderajat, when he was at the Kemayoran Police, the cork ice seller did not give any information that he had received physical violence.
After the confession, his party will trace and investigate what the trader experienced when he was secured.
"We also just got information because yesterday we didn't get any information during the examination at the Kemayoran Police, Mr. Suderajat didn't convey any information about being abused," he said.
Roby ensured that his party was still investigating the case because it needed caution so that it would not be repeated as was done by officers in the field, namely Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas.
Previously, TNI and Polri members who were on duty in Kampung Rawa Village, Johar Baru District, Central Jakarta, admitted that they were too quick to draw conclusions so that they had caught a cork ice seller because the commodity was suspected of containing dangerous materials such as polyurethane foam (PU Foam) or mattress foam material and washing sponge, on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
"We on the ground have concluded too quickly, without waiting for the results of scientific examinations from authorities such as the Health Office, Dokpol, and the Police Labfor," said Bhabinkamtibmas Kampung Rawa Village, Central Jakarta Metro Police Aiptu Ikhwan Mulyadi in his statement in Jakarta, Tuesday.
Therefore, he continued, his party apologized, especially to ice traders on behalf of Sudrajat because they were directly affected in the incident.
He ensured that there was no intention to harm or tarnish the name.
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