Residents' Clashes With The Ojol Driver In Tamansari, TRIGGERed By The Problem Of Women Passengers Tempted By Tongkrongan Children

Two suspects in the beating of an ojol driver in Tamansari, West Jakarta/IST Photo

A group of teenagers were arrested by the Tamansari Metro Police for the crime of beating an online motorcycle taxi driver (ojol) at a restaurant in the Mangga Besar area, Tamansari District, West Jakarta.

The act of persecution went viral on social media, so the Tamansari Metro Police easily arrested the perpetrators.

The Head of the Tamansari Metro Police, AKBP Rohman Yonky Dilatha, said the group of teenagers was a group of people hanging out in an alley in the Mangga Besar area. Then saw a woman riding an ojol passing by, the perpetrators teased the woman.

Apparently, Yonky continued, the ojol driver did not accept the passengers being harassed. There was a verbal argument. But the debate ended with a beating. The ojol drivers were beaten by the perpetrators.

"The motorcycle taxi driver then reported it to another ojol colleague because he did not accept being beaten," said AKBP Yonky when confirmed by VOI, Tuesday, January 24.

After reporting to other ojol friends, a number of drivers finally returned to the teenagers and a brawl occurred.

One of the ojol drivers ran towards the restaurant to save himself. That's when the victims were beaten by teenagers.

"It was at the restaurant that there was a beating that is currently viral," he said.

After receiving the report, the perpetrators of the beating were arrested by members of the Tamansari Metro Police Criminal Investigation Buser.

"Two suspects with the initials RS (21) and MF (17) were arrested because they were proven to have beaten them. Three other people are still witnesses," he said.

The suspect at the hospital was proven to have thrown the victim with a helmet. Meanwhile, the suspect MF hit the victim with bamboo.

"They were arrested after we managed to identify the faces of the perpetrators from CCTV footage at the scene. Almost all perpetrators of attacks on minors or under 17 years of age," he said.

The police are also still pursuing 4 other perpetrators who are still DPOs, they have the initials OO, SA, ZN and FH.