Husband's Loyalty Test, Wife In Bintan Spreads Hoaxes Become Victims Of Robbery

North Bintan Police, Bintan Police, Riau Islands Police examined witness MR as the maker and spreader of the robbery issue through the WhatsApp group, Thursday (8/8/2024) night. (ANTARA)

TANJUNGPINANG - Bintan Police, Riau Islands Police (Kepri) confirmed that the issue of a housewife with the initials BM (25) who claimed to be robbed on her way home to her house on Jalan Batin Kangtung, Teluk Sebong District, Bintan Regency is untrue or a hoax. "It's not true that sister BM was robbed," said Head of Public Relations of Bintan Police Iptu. Iptu Aptu Alson, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, August 9.Alson explained that the issue of the robbery that had disturbed the residents around this began when BM was riding a motorbike back and forth working from the roro ship port in Tanjung Uban towards his house on Jalan Batin Kundang, Teluk Sebong District, Bintan Regency, Thursday night. On his way on the incline of Jalan Bukit Lababa, BM admitted being robbed by two people riding a motorcycle beat and wearing a black jacket plus helmet, causing the rope of the bag that he had cut off, then the button of the clothes was damaged and dirty pants due to falling to the ground. After that, BM again continued his journey and stopped at a cellphone stall in Sakera Village, Tanjung Uban Uut Village while calling her husband. "BM asked to be picked up her husband at the cellphone stall, because he claimed to have been stolen," said Alson. BM, said Alson, his conversation with his husband was recorded by the owner of the cellphone shop with the initials MR, then spread to one of the WhatsApp group, so that it immediately became viral and made the community restless. Not long after, the North Bintan Police personnel who received information from the community regarding the existence of the problem immediately carried out an investigation in the field. BM stated that the begal incident was not true or a hoax. He did this with the intention of spreading to the WhatsApp group about the presence of a resident being a victim for five months. "The MR admits that he believed that his husband had been wearing the net for five months. To believe that the person was more careful when driving, especially during the night," said Kasi Humas. Furthermore, the personnel met BM as the victim who claimed to be a victim. To the police, BM stated that the occurrence was not true or a

In addition, there were no valuables belonging to BM that were lost or successfully retrieved by the perpetrators of the robbery at all. "After the police personnel conduct an examination and interrogation of the related parties, it can be concluded that the incident that made the community uneasy was a hoax," said Alson.