In The Aftermath Of Sexual Harassment Cases, Heru Budi Needs Transjakarta To Increase Security

Illustration - Case of registered sexual harassment (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono reminded PT Transjakarta to improve the security aspect of its fleet service. This warning is the aftermath of a case of sexual harassment on a Transjakarta bus that went viral some time ago. "(The potential for sexual harassment) is one that I ask to be monitored," said Heru in Central Jakarta, Thursday, February 23. Heru admitted that the DKI Provincial Government and Transjakarta could not stop the intention of the obscene perpetrators in their fleet from the start. Therefore, he asked the public to also help report if they saw the incident. "Then the community also helps. I don't really know, there is a behavior like this. However, the security must be increased," said Heru. For information, a woman with the initials H admitted that she was a victim of sexual harassment on a Transjakarta bus on the Monas-Pulogadung route on Monday, February 20, 2023. This incident occurred when the bus was in a state of congestion after working hours. "I, H, users of this account were harassed by men by swiping their genitals into my buttocks. This incident took place from the Transjakarta on the Monas-Pulo Gadung route," wrote the Twitter account @everflawless. Feeling that there was a contact with the abuse, H immediately asked other passengers for help to confirm what the perpetrator had done to him. The other passengers immediately pulled H away to a safe area and away from the perpetrators. Then, H continued to monitor the perpetrator's movements until he got off the bus. "Finally, the person went down at the South Rawa bus stop. I immediately pulled his body to support this person. With my energy and body that was sufficient to do this, I detained this person until the two men (Order and black clothes) detained the person from running away," he wrote. When the perpetrator got off at the South Rawa Bus Stop, the victim and Transjakarta officers chased him. The alleged perpetrator of sexual harassment managed to escape by jumping into the busway lane. The perpetrator has been arrested and detained by the police. The perpetrators called the casual daily officer (PHL) of the Tambora Police Post (Pospol). "The perpetrator is a casual daily worker in Tambora who is named Mufarok, 56 years old," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko to reporters, Tuesday, February 21. "Mufarok uses access to public transportation cards belonging to members of the National Police which have been taken at the desk of members of the National Police," he added.