Rice Merchant In Tebing Tinggi Argues With Police's Son, Debt Affairs Trigger

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MEDAN - A video of an argument between a rice vendor and a man was shared on social media. The commotion of the two occurred in the city of Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra.

In the video that was seen on Friday, February 18, the man was seen trying to flush the shop owner with the object in the bucket. Seen a number of people trying to break it up.

In the video description, it is written the owner of the shop named Nisa Chairul. The uploader describes his shop being vandalized by the man in the video.

He even called the man the son of a police officer at the Tebing Tinggi Police Station.

"Is there still a law in Tebing Tinggi, I'm just a small trader looking for a bite of rice, but a man who claims to be the son of a police officer from the Tebing Tinggi Police, has vandalized my shop, ANNISA AMPERA," Nisa said in her post.

He also said that after the incident, his report to the Tebing Tinggi Police was rejected.

"However, it is very regrettable that when making a report to the Tebing Tinggi Police, it was not accepted because it involved the son of a Tebingtinggi Police officer," he said.

"I hope that the Tebing Tinggi Police Chief and the North Sumatran Police Chief can give justice to me, this small community. Is a child of a police officer free to do damage, please justice," he continued.

Separately, the Head of Public Relations of the Tebing Tinggi Police, AKP Agus Arianto, confirmed Nisa's report. According to him, Nisa had a quarrel with the reported person, Fahri.

However, he did not specify when the incident occurred. However, AKP Agus denied the accusation that the Tebing Tinggi Police had rejected the vandalism report.

"So this is what actually happened, when the victim wanted to complain. Then it was mediated, it turned out that there was no agreement on their part. Then they went home, it went viral, right," said AKP Agus, Friday, February 18.

"(Even though) the complaint has been received and an investigation has been carried out by the Satreskrim. How can we reject the report," he continued.

AKP Agus also confirmed that the reported person is the son of a police officer at the Tebing Tinggi Police Station. However, he confirmed that the investigation would continue.

"That's really the son of a police officer," he said.

He explained, actually both parties know each other. The incident was triggered by a debt case.

Initially, the perpetrator pawned his gold to Nisa. However, because the time for redemption was overdue, the victim was allegedly reluctant to return the gold.

"The problem is the gold pawn, the (perpetrator), the gold pawn (to Nisa). But he said it was past the day, so when he came there, the victim said it was past the day. The Reported Party said that so far the victim had not been selling, then there was a fuss, " he said.