JAKARTA - An elderly man suddenly went viral on social media after being caught sexually harassing a woman with the initials H on a series of Transjakarta buses on the Monas - Pulogadung route. According to victim H's confession, he became a victim of harassment by a man who swiping his genitals against the victim's back. The incident occurred when he came home from work.
According to the victim, the Transjakarta situation on the Monas - Pulogadung route is always crowded during work hours. The incident occurred when the victim climbed from the Monas bus stop to Pulogadung.
"I feel something strange and unnatural. Every now and then the person behind me directs his feet to my calf," victim H said in a statement on social media, Tuesday, February 21.
The victim was then pulled by other female passengers to move to the position where many female passengers were crowded. Then the perpetrator got off at the Rawa Selatan bus stop, Central Jakarta. The victim also tried to detain the perpetrator to be caught immediately.
The incident was also caught on an amateur video camera. In the video footage, two other passenger men can be seen, trying to catch the perpetrator. However, the perpetrator tried to escape by jumping from the transjakarta stop until he fell on the transjakarta line.
Meanwhile, Transjakarta Public Relations Wibowo did not respond when VOI tried to confirm the incident of sexual harassment in public transportation.
Central Jakarta Police Chief Kombes Komarudin said his party had not received any reports of the incident.
"I have checked, there is no report yet," he said.
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