Denpasar Police Chief Confirms Begal Videos At Pancing Hoaks Park

Denpasar Police Chief Kombes Bambang Yugo Pamungkas ANTARA/Rolandus Nampu

DENPASAR - Denpasar Police Chief, Bali, Kombes Bambang Yugo Pamungkas stated that chain messages and videos containing information on burglary at Taman Pancing, Pemogan, South Denpasar were hoax information.

"We have investigated the video, checked at the location, and the results were nil, there was no such incident. The information and video (which circulated) were hoaxes," he said, reported by ANTARA, Monday, August 21.

Bambang Yugo explained that after a chain message and a video of the robbery mentioned occurred in the Denpasarviral area in the media for conveying WhatsApp messages, the Denpasar Police and the South Denpasar Police immediately conducted an investigation at the location mentioned.

To clarify the location of the video, the Denpasar Police have coordinated with the Bali Police Ditreskrimsus Cyber Team by conducting cyber patrols and matching the location, but there is no suitable place between the video and the location of Taman Pancing, Pemogan.

"Members have checked at the location of Jalan Taman Pancing, South Denpasar and so far nothing has been found to stand out," he said.

The contents of the WhatsApp chain message are in the form of an appeal to the public for an incident of robbery and asking the public not to leave the house without any clear interests, let alone going to Taman Pancing.

The message stated that the information was official information from the police received on Sunday (20/8). However, the Denpasar Police Chief denied that the information did not have a clear source.

Video of a young man who was seen falling from a motorbike suspected of being a victim of robbery is false information made to cause fear in the community.

With this explanation, he said, it is hoped that hoax information that has spread in the community will not be disseminated again so as not to cause public unrest, especially residents around Taman Pancing.

"We urge the public not to be provoked by news, to check the truth, and not to share news that is causing unrest in the community," he said.