NTT - The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Regional Police with the Sabu Raijua Police are still investigating the case of possession of firearms by two Sabu Raijua residents with the initials YH and OSM whose videos have gone viral since last Friday, July 2.
"Currently, the police are still investigating this case, both of them are still being investigated by the police," said Head of Public Relations of the NTT Police, Kombes Rishian Krisna B in Kupang, as reported by Antara, Monday, July 5.
These two people were arrested in Sabu Raijua. The second viral video occurred ahead of the re-voting (PSU) for the election of the regent and deputy regent of Sabu Raijua 2020, last Wednesday.
In the 20-second viral video, said Krisna, both of them were holding pistol-type firearms in a minibus and threatening someone.
When questioned, both admitted that the firearm belonged to a policeman with the initials SG, a member of the Sabu Raijua Police Station. The two perpetrators admitted that the video was recorded in March 2021, and has only been widely circulated on social media and has gone viral at this time.
At that time YH was ordered by SG (a member of the police) to pick up a speaker at the house of a candidate for deputy regent in the East Sabu area by inviting OSM. After arriving at Jiwuwu Village, East Sabu District, YH then ordered OSM to take a revolver type firearm from the small drawer of the car.
"OSM then made a video with YH. Next, the weapon was handed over to YH and stored back in the drawer," he explained.
The day after that, YH then played the video and watched it with a resident named Semy Kale. "After watching, Semy Kale asked for the video to be sent to his cellphone," he said.
The video went viral on social media on Friday night. In the 20-second video, YH and OSM take turns holding the firearm.
Both of them were holding firearms while driving the car. YH who was driving the car, in the Kupang dialect, said that the weapon he was holding was genuine.
He threatened and called someone's name while brandishing the weapon. After going viral, the police then moved quickly to arrest the two.
"This case is still under investigation, including the police officer who owns the firearm," he said.
The police are also still investigating the motive behind the viral video again in the midst of preparations ahead of the Sabu Raijua PSU Pilkab.
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