Drunk, This Man In Cianjur Claims Not To Be Aware Of The Fire At The Dense Village House

The perpetrators of the attempted burning of three houses in Solokpandan Village, Cianjur District, Cianjur Regency, West Java, YS were arrested by the police. (ANTARA / Ahmad Fikri)

CIANJUR - Cianjur Resort Police, West Java, arrested the perpetrators of the attempted burning of three houses in Solokpandan Village, Cianjur District on Saturday, August 10. Cianjur Police Chief AKBP Rohman Yongky Dilatha said, after asking for witness statements and checking CCTV footage installed at residents' homes, his party immediately hunted down the suspect. Finally, on Monday, August 12 yesterday, the YS perpetrator was arrested in Mekarsari Village, Cianjur District. "YS conducted an attempted random house burning in Gang Rambutan, Solokpandan Village, Cianjur District. Luckily, one of the homeowners woke up and immediately extinguished the fire assisted by local residents," he said in Cianjur, added Rohman. Luckily, the fire did not spread and grew because the location of the three houses that were burned was in the middle of a crowded village. However, the owner of the house had fled for fear of terror being carried out again. In front of YS officers admitted that they were drunk and unconscious, throwing flammable objects into three houses that were traversed by Mardiana, Indra and Aep, residents of RW 02 Gang Rambutan. The fire had burned chairs and plastic pots on the terrace of the house. "As a result of his life-threatening actions, YS was charged with Article 187 paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code regarding crimes that endanger the general security in conjunction with Article 53 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code concerning Trials of Criminal Acts," he said. The perpetrator is threatened with a sentence of 12 years in prison and can be 15 years if there is a danger to the lives of others Not only carrying out attempted house burning, YS also admitted to stealing charity boxes in mosques in Mekarsari Village.

"Not only burned residents' houses, the perpetrators also had time to steal money from the mosque box some time ago, this was reinforced by witness testimony even though residents did not make a police report," he said.