Stories From Matraman Residents In East Jakarta Complain That Their Area Is Prone To Theft

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JAKARTA - Theft of car mirrors has occurred again on Jalan Pisangan Baru Tengah IV, RT 02/04, Pisangan Baru Village, Matraman District, East Jakarta.

The perpetrator pryed the rear view mirror of a Toyota Avanza car with Z plate belonging to MTH, a guest who was mourning the death of one of his relatives at RT 02/04, Pisangan Baru Village.

According to Yoyok, an eye witness to the incident, there have been two thefts in this area in the past week. The latest car mirror theft occurred on Monday, August 30, in the early hours of yesterday.

"The theft of the car mirror was discovered around the time of Fajr prayer. Previously, I was in the house which is not far from the scene. Then someone shouted "thief-maalliiing".

When I left the house there was still the culprit and I chased it with other residents," he said when met by reporters at the location, Wednesday, September 1.

According to eyewitnesses, the perpetrators amounted to 2 people riding an automatic motorbike.

"The perpetrators fled towards Pondok Jati Station. They were carrying big bags," he said.

Even though they were being chased, the perpetrators managed to escape from the residents because the road situation at that hour was very quiet and deserted.

Yoyok said that this car mirror theft had happened twice in this area. Earlier in the same week, a car mirror belonging to a resident not far from where the Avanza rearview mirror was also lost was stolen by a thief.

"Previously the right and left mirrors of CRV cars belonging to residents here were also stolen by thieves. The distance between the disappearances of the Avanza and CRV mirrors was only about 50 meters. It happened in the same week. So it's only been 5 days since two thefts have occurred here," he said. .

Furthermore, Yoyok admitted that the Jalan Pisangan Baru Tengah IV area is prone to theft of car mirrors. The reason is, mirror theft has often happened.

"There have been 5 times theft of car mirrors here and the culprit has not been caught. Two of my car mirrors were stolen by thieves when they were parking here, at the end of 2019," he said.

Although he had reported the mirror theft that happened to him, according to him, there was no news that the perpetrators had been arrested, which always disturbed the residents.

"I have reported it to the Matraman Police through my brother, but until now the perpetrators have not been caught. The streets are prone to car mirror thieves," he said.

Meanwhile, when confirmed, Matraman Police Chief Kompol Tejo Asmoro said his party had not received a report and had not checked for the theft.

"There is no report from my subordinates, please go to the Criminal Investigation Unit," he told VOI, Wednesday, September 1.