Viral Polantas Asks For A Sack Of Onions To Become A Headquarters Service

Illustrations (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The traffic police (polantas) who asked the truck driver for a sack of onions in exchange for a ticket and went viral on social media, was finally transferred. Currently, he is assigned as a service to the headquarters (Yanma) of the Metro Jaya Police.

"The person concerned has been investigated by the Professional and Security Division Police and immediately withdrawn, withdrawn, transferred to Metro Jaya Police as a Yanma NCO for the time being", said Head of Public Relations of the Metro Jaya Police, Kombes Yusri Yunus, to reporters, Tuesday, November 2.

In addition, the police officer identified as Aipda PDH is still undergoing examination. Because the motive behind asking for a sack of onions has not been revealed.

"That's (the reason) we are still investigating", said Yusri.

On the other hand, Yusri said that the Aipda PDH action was carried out on November 1, yesterday. At that time, he was patrolling P2 Street, Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

That's when Aipda stopped the truck which was considered a traffic violation. After being checked, it turned out that the driver could not show the completeness of the documents.

"The truck was from Sumatra (towards) Serang, BG plated, then stopped and checked the completeness of the documents from the truck driver and indeed the driver did not bring the documents", said Yusri

Circulating on social media the actions of traffic police officers (polantas) who are suspected of carrying out illegal levies (extortion). Where the traffic police officer gave the truck a ticket but instead asked for a sack of onions in exchange for the fine.

The action of the Polantas was uploaded to the Twitter account @Pasifisstate. Later, the alleged extortion took place in the Tangerang area, Banten.