Bedouin Residents Robbed In Cempaka Putih, Traditional Leader: First Selling Honey Victims Of Crime

Traditional figures in the interior of Lebak Regency, Banten asked the perpetrators of crimes or burglary against the Bedouin in surrendering to the local police.ANTARA/Mansur (L)

JAKARTA - A traditional figure in the interior of Lebak Regency, Banten asked the perpetrators of the crime or burglary of the Bedouin in surrendering to the local police.

"We hope that the perpetrators of the crime surrender to the police," said the Bedouin traditional representative who is also the Secretary of Kanekes Village, Lebak Medi Regency when contacted in Rangkasbitung, Lebak, Thursday, was confiscated by Antara.

The perpetrator of the crime that happened to his resident named Repan (17) was suspected to be four people riding two motorbikes and injured the victim's left hand and Rp. 3 million in cash, one cellphone and 10 bottles of honey disappeared.

The incident experienced by the victim while selling honey and traditional Bedouin accessories in the Rawasari area, Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, Sunday, October 26.

Therefore, the four perpetrators of the crime immediately surrendered to the local police.

Because, if the problem is not caught, then the business cannot be immediately resolved.

The Bedouin traditional leaders are now praying that the perpetrators of crimes against their citizens will soon be arrested by the police for legal processing.

"We condemn the perpetrators of crimes that befell their citizens and the rule of law must be enforced," he explained.

Medi said that Repan sold honey to Jakarta for three days, because it was forbidden to use vehicle transportation.

His party did not expect the residents to be victims of robbery and crime, even though they had been selling for several months relatively safe.

"This is the first time that Bedouin residents have become victims of crimes, so traditional leaders urge the police to immediately arrest the perpetrators," he said.

Meanwhile, Head of the Public Relations Section of the Central Jakarta Metro Police, Iptu Ruslan Basuki, said that his party is now hunting down the four perpetrators of crimes and confiscation of Repan, a Bedouin resident of Lebak Regency.

"We hope that the perpetrators of the crime can be caught," he said.