LPSK Says There Are 7 Applicants For Protection In The Case Of The Rental Car Boss Shooting

LPSK/ Photo: Doc. VOI

JAKARTA - The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) said there were seven applicants for protection in the shooting case at KM 45 rest area of the Merak-Tangerang toll road which allegedly involved three members of the Indonesian Navy.

"The seven people consisted of one witness, the victim (injured), and the victim's family who represented the victim who died," said LPSK Deputy Chair, Susilaningtyas, Sunday, January 12.

Susilaningtyas said that there were six applications submitted to his party from the reporters.

Among them are submitting requests for assistance to the victim's family asking for restitution.

"Yes, the family has submitted a restitution proposal for their family or father who died," he said.

Susilaningtyas said that protection will be provided after going through applicable mechanism procedures.

"The protection mechanism will be submitted later, at the same time we want to do a reduction, based on the results of the reduction, we will decide regarding what the petition is, then what the results of the reduction are," he said.

Previously, the shooting of the car rental owner occurred at the rest area of the 45 Kilometer of the Jakarta-Merak Toll Road, Jayanti, Tangerang, Banten, on Thursday, January 2 at 04.30 WIB.

In that incident, the car rental boss, Ilyas, died from gunfire in the chest, while his employee, RAB, was injured.

The incident began when the witness, NN, saw several cars chasing each other and stopped at the Kilometer 45 rest area.

From one of the black minibuses, the perpetrator allegedly fired five bullets which hit two victims.

Another witness statement stated that the incident began with the misuse of Ilyas' rental car.

The driver of the car allegedly cut off the trail of the vehicle so that the victim and the team tracked down the vehicle he rented. After tracking and chasing, the victim was suddenly shot.