Violence Chronology Director Andy Bachtiar Yusuf From The Victim's Point Of View

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JAKARTA - The case of violent directors and crew members was widely discussed after the Instagram accounts @juandini and Ernest Prakasa revealed the alleged acts of violence on social media. The account mentions the director slapped, pushed, and made harsh words against the crew.

Paragon Pictures and the Indonesian Directors Association decided on a working relationship with Andi Bachtiar Yusuf. Yusuf also explained the chronology of the shooting location incident which was not conducive due to the absence of production leaders. When making a scene with many supporting talent, Yusuf felt annoyed and angry because of the lack of players.

"I was annoyed and forced the talent coordinator (Sepulang saja 'kru') to complete the number, I pushed to stay away because I was very upset. As a person who believes that violence should only occur in action films, I really believe that it is DORONGAN that I did, not TAMPAN," he wrote on Instagram.

Yusuf explained that he had apologized at the time of the incident. Even when the victim's parents came to the shooting location, he said they did not want to commit violence because they both had girls.

After the problem grew, the female crew who became victims of violence allegedly carried out by director Andi Bachtiar Yusuf finally revealed their identity and opened their voices. Through his Instagram account, @cutqitha, the crew told the chronology of the violence he experienced on set.

The woman named Cut thanked those who had supported her, such as Paragon Pictures and the Indonesian Association of Directors. He admitted that he had to speak up because of the many confusing news, which did not match the actual incident.

"Actually, I don't want to speak up anymore. But because it circulated outside about the case that I experienced, there was news that said that if I spoke sarcastically, I got hit. So I had to speak up to tell back a little of the chronology," he wrote on Instagram Stories, on Thursday, September 1.

Incidents of violence occurred on set, conditions were checking their voices. Cut admitted that at that time he had to speak up by raising the volume so that he could be heard properly.

"I was in backstage collecting extras where the stage was checking the sound. But because the condition was checking the sound and I was wearing a mask, I hardened my voice to be heard. When I arrived, the director was already speaking in a high-pitched and angry tone," he explained.

Cut also emphasized that this story post uploaded by the @juandini account was true, and it was written too. He emphasized that the director in question was not true by saying that this violence was only a social media issue.

"And I saw earlier on the news link that the director said that this was only a issue of social media and tea @juandini not at the location. The chronology written by Juan's tea in his IG story when Juan's tea wrote back on his IG and that's the truth I said," he said.

Furthermore, the female crew regretted the attitude of the director who until now still felt innocent. He also hopes that this case will be followed up properly.

"And until this moment the perpetrators are still not sorry and guilty of this incident. Hopefully this can be followed up with the right track," he concluded.