Intention Of Returning Mobile Phones, Couples From Medan Become Suspects And Detained For Rp.35 Million Extortion

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - A husband and wife (a couple) in Deli Serdang who found a cell phone at a shopping center in Medan became a suspect on charges of theft. He was reported to the police because he was accused of stealing the cellphone or cellphone (HP) he found.

The beginning of this case began when the husband and wife on behalf of Siti Nurasiyah and Muhammad Fajar were at a shopping center in the Tanjung Morawa area, Deli Serdang Regency on Saturday, December 26, 2020.

While hunting for discounts at the shopping center, Nuraisyah and her husband found a cellphone that the owner didn't know. Intending to return, they waited for a while at the place.

However, until late at night they did not find the owner of the cellphone or someone who had come to admit that they lost it. Because they waited long enough, they finally brought the cellphone home.

Nurasiyah admitted that the cellphone she found was still active because they hoped someone would call the cellphone number.

After a few days, said Nuraisyah, no one had contacted the cellphone either. Until a woman who claimed to be named Yunita contacted the cellphone on December 30, 2020.

"I have been waiting on the 30th. Apparently there is a position that has contacted a woman whose name is Yunita. She was the one who contacted Ghifari. Yunita called her accusing us of stealing at Suzuya," he said, quoted from YouTube Harian Surya. , Sunday, January 31st.

Nuraisyah, who at that time thought of returning the cellphone she found, then asked for the contact number of the cellphone owner who could be contacted to be able to hand over the cellphone to the owner.

At that time, the woman gave a number to call. A person who claims to be the owner of the cellphone ordered Nuraisyah to come to the Tanjung Morawa police station.

"I contacted the number for up to one week. I wanted to return it, I went to the police, it turned out that the number was the number of the Tanjung Morawa police. On behalf of Musliadi Tanjung," he said.

Then on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, Nuraisyah came to the Tanjung Morawa police station with the intention of returning the item she had found. However, when he arrived at the Tanjung Morawa Police, he was asked for information after which he was immediately detained on the spot.

"I was arrested on charges of theft of weighted objects, detained from January 6 to 9," he said.

Nuraisyah also admitted that when she was detained she was asked for Rp35 million if she wanted the case to be resolved amicably. The details are Rp. 20 million for the victim and 15 million for the police who carry out the mediation.

"Juper (the investigator) asked for Rp. 20 million, because withdrawing the case was Rp. 15 million. So the total was Rp. 35 million. I was shocked. Because the cellphone was not that expensive and I had good intentions to go home and I had my cellphone returned. Their confession I turned off the cellphone. , even though I didn't have it, I turned it off. In the BAP I was forced to admit that I stole, "he said.

Experiencing injustice, Nuraisyah asked the North Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Martuani Sormin to give justice to the case that happened to her and her husband regarding the alleged theft of the cellphone.

"Please, sir, justice, I'm here to have the good intention of repatriating your cellphone, sir, I keep your cellphone, I don't use it, I don't turn it off, I keep it, please sir justice. I'm not stealing, if my intention is to steal it's time. I already threw it away. From the beginning I got the cellphone, I wanted to return it but no one contacted it, "he said.