Police: Pungli Case At TPU Cikadut, Both Parties Agree On Peace

A number of bearers transported the bodies buried with the COVID-19 protocol at TPU Cikadut, Bandung City, West Java. (Bagus Ahmad Rizaldi/Antara)

JAKARTA - Bandung Police Chief Kombes Pol Ulung Sampurna Jaya said that both parties, the bearer with the initials R and the heirs with the initials YT, who were involved in the alleged case of illegal levies on funerals at the TPU special for COVID-19 Cikadut, Bandung City, West Java, agreed to make peace. "So there has been a refund of Rp. 2.8 million, then they want to be safe and not crowded, both parties have an agreement for peace," said Ulung in Bandung, quoted by Antara, Monday, July 12. elements of extortion in this case. Because based on the initial examination, both parties said that there was an agreement in the payment of Rp. 2.8 million. The reason is, Ulung explained that at that time the heirs wanted to bury the body at that time. Meanwhile, according to him, the conditions and the number of bearers at the Cikadut Public Cemetery is not optimal for hastening the funeral. "Because usually 3-5 people die, but for the past two weeks it can reach 50 bodies and even at night. In that incident there were 60-70 bodies," said Ulung.

As a result of this condition, according to Ulung, the carrying officer at the Cikadut TPU offered to use the services of a bearer from the local community. Then, said Ulung, there was an agreement between YT and the local community to pay Rp. 2.8 million. "The next day there was a viral extortion at the Cikadut Cemetery by asking for Rp. 4 million, we have confirmed that there is no Rp. 4 million but Rp. 2.8 million, that is even the result of an agreement between Yunita's brother and the local community," said Ulung.

So that Ulung also ensured that the heirs who claimed to be affected by extortion were not asked for fees by the official Cikadut TPU officers, but made transactions with local residents. Ulung also ensured that the news circulating on social media related to this was not necessarily true. Upon this incident, Ulung conveyed that the police had recommended to the Bandung City Government to increase the number of bearers at the Cikadut TPU because of the large number of bodies to be buried. Head of the Bandung City Spatial Planning Agency, Bambang Suhari, said that his party also agreed to follow up on the recommendation from the Bandung Polrestabes regarding the need for additional officers at the Cikadut TPU. "We can't ignore that, so the recommendation to increase the number of personnel we agree, and we've been working on it," said Bambang.