DPD Chairman La Nyalla Mattalitti Angry To Hear That Two Minors Were Used As Collateral For Debts To Moneylenders

Chairman of the DPD RI, AA La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti. (Photo: IST)

SURABAYA – Hearing the case of two children being used as loan guarantees for loan sharks in Bogor, the Chairman of the DPD RI, AA La Nyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, was furious. La Nyalla asked law enforcement officials to immediately investigate.

According to the information obtained, the two minors whose identities were hidden were detained for 20 days. And now the case has been mediated by the Bogor City Police.

However, La Nyalla hopes that the problem will be investigated thoroughly. Moreover, there was a threat from the loan sharks.

"It is outrageous. Obviously, this is not a justified action. Moreover, it involves children who do not understand the problem at all," said La Nyalla in a release received by VOI, Sunday, August 8.

According to the Senator from East Java, the debt problem should be resolved in other ways.

"Don't involve the children. Because it can have an impact on the psychology of the children. Children must be freed from the problems of their parents. We don't want this pressure to continue until they grow up," he explained.

Therefore, LaNyalla asked the police to continue to investigate this case even though mediation has been carried out and the children who have been guaranteed have been returned.

"The police must investigate thoroughly. Find out whether there was violence or intimidation that the children received. Also, make sure that this kind of problem is not repeated by the perpetrators. Do not let other children become victims," said the former chairman of PSSI.

Previously, it was reported that Granny Mardiyah (58), a resident of Bubulak Village, West Bogor, borrowed money from M to treat her sick child. However, M asked Mardiyah's grandson to be used as collateral and detained for 20 days.

The irony is that until the children's biological mother died, M did not return the boy. In fact, M returned to Grandma Mardiyah's house with her friend, N, who had previously lent money to Grandma Mardiyah.

Mardiyah was presented with a letter of agreement for the three parties to sign. The agreement was that Mardiyah's grandmother had a debt of Rp15.4 million to Mrs. N and a debt of Rp4 million to Mrs. M. As collateral, M then took Grandma Mardiyah's 10-year-old granddaughter without permission. Grandma Mardiyah's family also received death threats from Ms. M.'s son.

Because she was worried about her granddaughter's safety, Granny Mardiyah was assisted by residents and her relatives to report this case to the Bogor City Police. Currently, M and N's two grandchildren have been repatriated by Grandma Mardiyah.