Polda Appoints Deputy Chair Of The North Maluku DPRD To Suspect In Cases Against And Collisions With Polantas

Head of Public Relations of North Maluku Police Kombes Adip Rojikan (ANTARA)

TERNATE - The North Maluku Regional Police have named the Deputy Chair of the North Maluku DPRD with the initials WZI as a suspect in criminal acts of violence or threats of violence against traffic officers.

"Based on the results of the case title, the WZI status of the witness was raised to suspect, and a status transfer determination has been issued with Number: S.Tap/12.b/VII/2021/Ditreskrimum dated July 26, 2021 regarding the increase in the status of a WZI suspect and a maximum criminal penalty of four years in prison," said Head of Public Relations of North Maluku Police, Kombes Adip Rojikan, in Ternate, quoted by Antara, Monday, August 2.

According to him, WZI's actions threaten the safety of officials who are carrying out official duties or against officers who are carrying out legitimate duties as referred to in the formulation of Article 211 or 212 of the Criminal Code.

The case was attended by the Head of the Wassidik Division of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the North Maluku Police, the Head of the Sub-Directorate of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the North Maluku Police, the North Sumatra Police's Itwasda personnel, and the North Maluku Regional Police Bidkum personnel.

According to him, in a case related to a criminal act against officers that occurred on May 8, 2021, WZI has been designated as a suspect by investigators, so that with the determination of the suspect, investigators will then summon and examine the suspect.

The case that went viral when WZI was allegedly suspected of committing violence by hitting a member of the Ternate Police Polantas while controlling the flow of traffic in the Kampung Pisang area, Saturday, May 8 evening.

The police have examined four witnesses, as well as the reported with the support of evidence in the form of a Samsung brand cellphone that was used to record the incident. The police apply Article 212 and Article 335 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code and Article 311 paragraph 1 of Law Number 22/2009 concerning Road Traffic and Transportation.

The incident began when Police Brigadier Abdul Muis Suroto was on duty at the Bloody Monument intersection in Kampung Pisang Village, to clear up the traffic jam at the junction of Jalan Seruni and Jalan KH Dewantoro, in Kampung Pisang Village.

After the traffic jam cleared and he was about to return to the Bloody Monument intersection post, he saw a gray metallic gray Toyota minibus with registration number DB 1314 MM which stopped and dropped a woman at the corner of Jalan KH Dewantoro, so that other vehicles were blocked.

Later, the police came to the car and asked the driver to move the car, but the driver was silent. At the first warning, the driver only moved his car about one and a half meters from the starting place.

In fact, at that time, there was still a traffic jam in the area, so the police again asked the driver to move his car, but the driver did not heed the officer's orders, so soon the Deputy Chairman of the North Maluku DPRD from the Gerindra Party crashed into the traffic police officer.