Viral Man Pretends To Be Limp Mode Hit-and-run Victim Needs Money To Buy Medicine At RSKO

East Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Budi Sartono in a viral press conference, a man pretended to be limping as a victim of a hit-and-run at Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta (PHOTO: Muhamad Jehan-VOI)

JAKARTA - AF (46), the man who went viral for pretending to be limp in the hit-and-run mode, admitted that he acted to get money to buy drugs. AF is known as a former drug user.

"The suspect deliberately pretended to be stepped on because he wanted to buy drugs at the RSKO," said the East Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Budi Sartono at a press conference, Sunday, January 30.

AF, who pretended to be the victim of a hit and run, confronted a car at Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta. He has now been named a threat suspect.

"(The perpetrator) is correct, this patient is an active patient. (The perpetrator) often undergoes therapy at the Drug Addiction Hospital (RSKO)," said Kombes Budi.

During AF's arrest, the police also secured the clothes, bags and jeans used by the perpetrators during the action.

For his actions, the perpetrator was charged with Articles 368 and 318 of the Criminal Code. "The articles that we apply are Article 368 and Article 168 of the Criminal Code with a threat of 4 years and 9 years," he said.