Journalists Of Sukabumi Journal Persecuted By Dozens Of People While Covering At The Palabuhanratu Hospital

Journalist Sukabumi Ilham Nugraha (right) reporting a case of abuse/photo: Antara

SUKABUMI - An online journalist for the Sukabumi Journal, Ilham Nugraha, became a victim of abuse by dozens of unknown persons (OTK) while covering three residents who fell from the Cimandiri Bridge and fell into the Cimandiri River, Palabuhanratu, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, Monday 13 June. I was reporting at the Palabuhanratu Hospital in the case of the fall of three residents from the Cimandiri Bridge, suddenly dozens of OTKs came and pushed them out and immediately beat me," Ilham said when met at the Sukabumi Police Station, Monday, June 13 evening. It started when he was covering three accident victims who fell from the Cimandiri Bridge and fell into the Cimandiri River who were being treated at the Palabuhanratu Hospital. whatever even though Ilham had told him that he was a journalists from the Sukabumi Journal media. After Ilham was pushed out, the OTK actions, which numbered up to a dozen people, were even more violent. While outside the gates of the Palabuhanratu Hospital, Ilham was persecuted by OTKs, resulting in bruises on his face and other body parts. Receiving information that his colleague had been a victim of abuse, a number of journalists on duty at Palabuhanratu immediately helped Ilham and took him to the Sukabumi Police Station to make a police report. Until now Ilham, who was accompanied by a number of journalists and members of the Sukabumi Police Satreskrim, was conducting a post-mortem at the Palabuhanratu Hospital, and after that he made a police report.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Sukabuimi Journal, Eman Sulaeman firmly asked the police to thoroughly investigate and arrest the perpetrators of the persecution of journalists who served in Palabuhanratu. According to Eman, every journalist on duty is always equipped with a press identity card and of course when reporting, obeys the code of ethics. in accordance with the Press Law Number 40 of 1999. "We ask the Sukabumi Police to arrest all perpetrators and ensnare them with the Criminal Code and the Press Law to provide a deterrent effect, so that cases like this do not happen again to the press in the future," he was quoted as saying. Between.