Travel Robbery Case In Bengkulu, Police Check Driver, Victim Still Shut Up

Illustration. The owner of an illegal travel vehicle awaits the results of the inspection after being secured by the police at PMJ, Jakarta, Thursday April 2021. (ANTARA-Muhammad A)

BENGKULU - The Rejang Lebong Police, Bengkulu Province, continues to investigate the alleged robbery of the Padang-Bengkulu travel transport driver and passenger that occurred on August 1.

The Head of the Rejang Lebong Police, AKBP Tonny Kurniawan, said the case of the robbery of a driver and travel passenger emerged after the victim made an upload on social media.

The victim a few days before experiencing the robbery made a report of the loss of important correspondence at the Sindang Kelingi Police, Rejang Lebong Regency.

"Currently, the driver of the trip in question has been questioned on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at around 18.00 WIB," he said at the Rejang Lebong Police Headquarters, quoted from Antara, Friday, August 12.

As for the victims, he continued, they could not be asked for information even though they had tried to be contacted several times by the Head of the Sindang Kelingi Police and the Head of Criminal Investigation at the Sindang Kelingi Police.

According to him, the examination of the driver and victim was carried out in order to obtain information on the occurrence of the robbery or robbery incident, including where the travel driver gave money as a security service before being robbed.

He appealed to road users who will cross the Curup-Lubuklinggau Cross Road not to give security money to anyone.

Then drivers who hesitate to pass can ask for an escort of officers from the Sindang Kelingi Police and Padang Ulak Tanding Police (PUT) which are provided free of charge.

Previously circulating on social media Facebook under the name of Novia Sulastri uploaded the victim of a robbery on Jalan Lintas Curup-Lubuklinggau, in Chief Curup Village, Binduriang District, but in the report of the loss made by the victim at the Sindang Kelingi Police, the location is in Cahaya Negeri Village, Sindang Kelingi District on Monday, August 1, at around 03.30 WIB.