Cyber Team Thwarts 2 Group Brawl Plan, 20 People And Sajam Arrested At Depok Police

20 teenagers about to brawl are secured at the Depok Police/ Photo: @infodepok_id

JAKARTA - As many as 20 teenage boys from two groups were detained at the Depok Police over a plan to stage a brawl, which they scheduled on social media. The Depok Police Precise Pioneer Patrol officers also secured a number of evidences in the form of sharp weapons (sajam).

"Six sharp weapons were obtained as evidence and twenty teenagers we took and handed over to the Depok Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit for investigation," explained Head of the Depok Police Precise Pioneer Patrol Team Iptu Winam Agus to reporters, Tuesday, December 28.

Agus explained that the two groups held a brawl with the motive of wanting to be famous in cyberspace. Every brawl, Agus explained, they record a video and upload it to social media.

"They make videos and post them to their respective social media groups with the aim of pursuing their existence and fame on social media," he said.

The disclosure of the plan was already known by the cyber patrol. So that since the early hours of Sunday, December 27, the officers managed to thwart the brawl plan. Agus said the two groups were called the Jemblongan gang and the Mampang Official gang.

"So last Saturday night there was an attack in Jemblongan, it was published on social media. We believe that the attack occurred because there was an agreement with the Jemblongan children. The ones who attacked were Mampang Official's children," he said.

Agus hopes that parents pay more attention to their children so they don't commit any crime.

"In this case there needs to be attention from parents to their children to monitor forbidding not to go out at night," he concluded.