Pamekasan Police Arrest Carok Challenger Of Hajj Her Tobacco Boss Via TikTok

The Pamekasan Police led the suspect to challenge carok through tiktok social media at the release of the results of the arrests at the Pamekasan Police Headquarters, Friday (16/8/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Polres Pamekasan)

The Pamekasan Police, East Java, arrested a sick challenger, namely a fight using a sharp weapon of the type of sickle to a tobacco entrepreneur from Kadur District, Pamekasan.

"The challenge on social media that we have arrested is a resident of Blumbungan Village, Larangan District, Pamekasan," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Pamekasan Police, AKP Doni Iriawan, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, August 16.

Doni said that the trucking challenge carried out through TikTok social media by the suspect with the initials MS (36) was aimed at a tobacco entrepreneur named Khairul Umam alias 'Haji Her'.

At that time, on Monday (12/8), MS uploaded a vedio of himself on his tiktok account 'Betuk Lecen Madura' at around 23.00 WIB.

In addition to challenging cars, MS also threatened to commit immoral acts against his wife, mother-in-law and mother Haji Her.

Regarding the threat, Haji Her then reported the threat through social media to the Pamekasan Police Headquarters on August 13, 2024 with the police report number: LP/B/186/VIII/2024/SPKT/PAMEKASAN POLICE/JATIM REGIONAL POLICE, dated August 13, 2024.

"Based on the victim's report, we will then move and track down the whereabouts of the perpetrators," said Doni.

This carrier barrier was caught by officers at his home in Pangganten Hamlet, Blumbungan Village, Larangan District, Pamekasan.

"The arrest was only a few moments after the victim submitted a report to the Pamekasan Police Headquarters," said Doni.

The perpetrators were charged with Article 45 paragraph (1),(4), (6) and Article 45-B of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning ITE with a maximum prison sentence of 6 years.

In addition to arresting the perpetrators, the police also confiscated a number of evidences in the form of 1 (one) red T-shirt brand 3-SECOND (the clothes used during threats and challenges taken), 1 (one) cell phone of the 35 gold FS OPPO brand with the number IMEI: 867815034448201 and 86781503442003.

MS admitted that he had taken challenges and threatened immoral acts against the wife, in-laws and mothers of the victim in a conscious state, because she had personal problems with Haji Her.