Bantul Police Reveals The Meatball Case From Tiren Chicken

Press conference Bantul Police DIY about meatballs made from chicken tiren / PHOTO VIA BETWEEN

BANTUL - The Criminal Investigation Division of the Bantul Resort Police, Yogyakarta Special Region, revealed a criminal case of making meatballs from chicken carcasses or chicken tiren operating in the Trimulyo Village area, Jetis District.

"The press conference related to the crime of selling or distributing, offering chicken meatballs made from tiren chicken, or chicken that has died rotting and then processed by the suspect into chicken meatballs," said Bantul Police Chief AKBP Ihsan as quoted by Antara, Monday, January 24.

The production site for making meatballs made from tiren chicken in the Jetis area was raided by the Police on Friday, January 21, after the police conducted an investigation by following up on information from the public regarding the existence of the meat mill.

"In this case, we have arrested two suspects who are a married couple. Each with the initials MHS (51) and his wife AHR (50), they produce the meatballs at the house in Jetis," he said.

According to AKBP Ihsan, the disclosure of the tiren chicken meatball case began with a previous report from the public who went to the police to find carrion or tiren chicken ready to be ground at a mill in the Pleret sub-district.

"After receiving this information, our members carried out an investigation in the field, and found out that the chicken to be ground belonged to the suspect, then developed and carried out an investigation at the house in question," he said.

The police chief said that it was true that the two suspects' houses had evidence of processing the meatballs, including raw materials for chicken that had become carcasses to be made into food.

"We are coordinating with the Health Office, the Bantul Trade Office, to go there together, because after all this needs to be checked regarding the content and so on. At the TKP (the crime scene) we found several pieces of evidence including meatballs that had been produced," he said. .

In addition to evidence of meatballs and chicken carcasses, officers also found and confiscated evidence from the suspect's house in the form of two freezer units or cooling machines, dough machines, generators, and supporting equipment for meatball processing.

"We will snare the suspect in three articles, namely Article 204 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, then Article 62 paragraph 1 of Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection, and Law Number 12 of 2012 concerning Food, with a threat of 15 years in prison," he said.