Behind The Shabby Clothes Of The Beggar Who Was Arrested At TMII, There Were A Lot Of Rp. 50 Thousand In His Wallet. Officer: The Amount Was Rp. 984 Thousand

Officers secure five beggars at TMII, they have Rp984 thousand in their wallets, allegedly the result of begging/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A total of five beggars or PMKS were arrested by the service, supervision, and control of social order (P3S) of the East Jakarta Social Sub-dept. from the traffic light door 3 TMII, Jalan Headquarters of Defense and Security, Ceger, Cipayung, Tuesday 1 March.

The five beggars were immediately taken to the Bina Insan Bangun Daya 2 Social Institution, Ceger, East Jakarta. From their hands, officers found Rp984 thousand in cash from begging.

East Jakarta Social Sub-Department Head, Purwono said, after receiving a report from Media CRM, his party immediately mobilized five P3S members to carry out outreach.

Five beggars arrested by the East Jakarta Social Affairs Sub-dept. in the TMII area/ Photo: IST

There were five beggars consisting of two adults, two toddlers and one child aged 6 years, allegedly begging and singing at the traffic light door 3 TMII, Ceger, East Jakarta.

The five were immediately put into the P3S operational car and taken to the Bina Insan Bangun Daya 2 Ceger Social Institution for coaching.

"When we arrested them, they were begging and singing at the TMII Gate 3 traffic light, Ceger. They were immediately put into a social institution for coaching," said Purwono.

According to him, when the data was collected and checked his luggage, it was found that there was Rp984 thousand in cash, which was allegedly from the results of busking and begging them.

The money is in the form of coins of Rp. 500 and Rp. 1,000 denominations. Then the banknotes in the Rp2,000, Rp5,000, Rp10,000, Rp20,000 and Rp50,000 denominations. All of their money is currently being secured by social care workers.

When they leave, their families will pick them up, the money will be returned to the PMKS concerned.

It was stated that the five PMKS that were secured were parents, children and nephews. Each has the initials NG (32) and A (3) which incidentally is a child of NG. Then D (6) is the nephew of NG, Y (23) and P (2). The five of them live in the Kramat Jati number.

Before being put into the nursing home, they are also given an antigen swab first by the health workers who are on standby at the orphanage. However, from the results of the swab, they tested negative for COVID-19.

The plan is that adult PMKS will be provided with coaching for the next 21 days. While those who are still children or toddlers, their families can take them to stay at home.

"They have been our target for a long time because their presence violates the regional regulation on public order. But every time they are arrested they always run. Today they can only be reached," he said.