MEDAN - After going viral, a mineral water trader in the city of Medan who forced car drivers to buy his merchandise was arrested by the police.
New Medan Police Chief AKP Teuku Fathir Mustafa said the perpetrator was Reno Pasaribu (31), a resident of Jalan Iskandar Muda, Medan.
Reno, who fiercely forced the car driver to buy his merchandise, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Medan Baru Police, Tuesday, November 16.
"The perpetrator was arrested as a follow-up to a viral video on social media of a man selling mineral water who was troubling the public by forcing car drivers to buy their goods on Jalan Iskandar Muda, Jalan Jamin Ginting, Medan," said AKP Fathir in a written statement, Wednesday. , November 17th.
In addition to forcing car drivers to buy their goods, the perpetrators also hit the windshield using an Aqua bottle and said rudely to the car driver.
"Receiving this information, then the personnel of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Medan Baru Police conducted an investigation and arrested the perpetrators around the location," said AKP Fathir.
To account for his actions, the perpetrator was secured to the Mako Polsek Medan Baru. The perpetrator bowed down at the police station.
"Currently, the perpetrators have been detained by officers for further investigation," he concluded.
As previously reported, threatening actions by hawkers against car drivers were shared on social media. The threat occurred at the intersection of Jalan Iskandar Muda, Medan City.
In the video seen on Tuesday, November 16, a man with an angry face can be seen approaching a car. From the narration in the video, the driver of the car was written by a woman.
"Aqua selling mode, then begging, not being forced, cursing and threatening. Iskandar Muda's red light crime scene," wrote the narration in the video.
"This is troubling the driver," reads the narrative.
In the video, the man is seen angry because he was recorded by the driver.
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