AGO: The Driver Of The White Mercedes-Benz Who Blocked The Ambulance Was Not An Employee Of The Prosecutor's Office But A Legal Expert

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JAKARTA - Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum Kejagung) Ketut Sumedana clarified that the Mercedes driver who blocked the ambulance was not an employee of the Attorney General's Office.

"The driver of the white Mercedes car numbered B 2873 PB with the driver Hildam is not an employee of the Indonesian Attorney General's Office," said Sumedana in a written statement, Friday, March 18.

He conveyed the statement as a form of follow-up to the Attorney General's Office regarding the news circulating in online media. The news discusses the Mercedes driver who allegedly blocked an ambulance in Tangerang and claimed to be a person from the Prosecutor's Office.

"The Mercedes driver is a legal expert and not an employee of the Prosecutor's Office," he said.

In his presentation, Ketut Sumedana conveyed the chronology of the Mercedes driver who blocked the ambulance. The incident occurred at around 01.00 WIB in the morning, Thursday (17/3), when an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman was on her way to the Tangerang District Hospital, Banten.

As a result of the Mercedes driver allegedly blocking the ambulance, there was friction between the ambulance and the Mercedes when the ambulance was about to overtake. Furthermore, the Mercedes driver held the ambulance driver accountable.

After that at around 04.00 WIB, the ambulance driver went to the PRJ Bitung Office to report the incident but there were no pickets.

"Furthermore, at around 11.00 WIB, the ambulance driver came to the Tangerang Police (City Resort Police, ed.) Tangerang in Tigaraksa to make a report, but was directed to PRJ Bitung," said Ketut Sumedana.

Through this explanation, the Head of the AGO has provided clarification and information to the public regarding the news regarding the Mercedes driver blocking the ambulance.