Bobby Nasution Finds 'Old Disease' Extortion Kepling In Medan Tembung, Bantan Village Head Asked To Return Residents' Money

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution (personal Instagram DOK)

MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution found another case of illegal levies (pungli) by the head of the neighborhood (kepling). This time, residents of Bantan Village, Medan Tembung, complained about the extortion they experienced.

“The old disease still occurs in Bantan Village, Medan Tembung District. While conducting a drainage review, I received complaints from local residents regarding illegal levies carried out by the VI Head of Environment," said Bobby Nasution, quoted from the bobbynst Instagram account, Sunday, September 12.

According to Bobby Nasution, currently there are 40 residents who have officially reported it by letter. However, there is still no response regarding the extortion carried out by the VI Environmental Protection Unit.

“I immediately asked the relevant parties to immediately return all the residents' money. The village head of Bantan will be directly responsible for the process of returning these residents' money, residents can receive their money back on Monday, then administrative sanctions will be given and other warnings, "said Bobby Nasution.

Extortion Kepling Ever Happened

Residents in Neighborhood 17, Harjosari II Sub-District, Medan Amplas Sub-district, were attacked by an individual head of the neighborhood (kepling) named Eka to take care of population administration documents (adminduk).

Even though the money has been given, it turns out that the administrative documents that have been taken care of have not been completed even though it has been a year. The amount of money that is pegged to residents varies to take care of administrative documents by the kepling, from Rp. 450 thousand to Rp. 2.6 million.

This was conveyed by residents when meeting Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution at the Harjosari II Village Head Office, Medan Amplas District, Tuesday, May 18.

One by one, residents expressed their complaints and the amount of fees they had to pay to obtain administrative documents such as birth certificates, family cards (KK) or identity cards (KTP).

The Mayor of Medan, Bobby Nasution, was furious to see Kepling's behavior. He couldn't believe that there were still quotes from residents who wanted to take care of administrative documents.

To the Camat and Lurah, Bobby asked for the chip to be replaced. Bobby also requested that the public money quoted be returned.

"We say this is a disease that must be cured other than COVID. It has been a long time, we continue to try. This afternoon I have coordinated with the saber of extortion. Here we find people who take care of KK, birth certificates for up to a year, pay for that too. up to Rp. 500 thousand, even though there is no levy at all," he said.