JAKARTA - PT Transjakarta responded to cases of sexual harassment within its fleet which went viral on social media. Head of the Corporate Secretary and Public Relations Division of PT Trasjakarta Apriastini Bakti Bugiansri confirmed this.
"Regarding the video of sexual harassment experienced by a female customer while in the Transjakarta bus fleet on the Pulogadung Harmoni route on Monday (20/2) night, it is true that the incident did occur," Apriastini said in his statement, Tuesday, February 21.
Apriastini said that his party submitted this sexual harassment case to the police. Currently, the perpetrators have been arrested by the authorities. Transjakarta appreciates the courage of the victims who have revealed the case.
"I am very grateful and appreciate the courage of the victims and the alertness of fellow Transjakarta post-mortem officers in responding to every crime that occurs in the Transjakarta service environment, including sexual harassment," he explained.
Furthermore, Apriastini condemned the actions of perpetrators of sexual harassment, both in this case and other cases of harassment against Transjakarta services.
"Anyone who commits it must be dealt with strictly/firmly according to the applicable law, then we leave the handling of the case to the authorities," he said.
For information, a woman with the initials H admitted that she was a victim of sexual harassment on a Transjakarta bus on the Monas-Pulogadung route on Monday, February 20 yesterday. This incident occurred when the bus was in a state of congestion after working hours.
"I, H, users of this account were harassed by men by swiping their genitals into my buttocks. This incident took place from the Transjakarta on the Monas-Pulo Gadung route," wrote the Twitter account @everflawless.
Feeling that there was a contact with the abuse, H immediately asked other passengers for help to confirm what the perpetrator had done to him.
The other passengers immediately pulled H away to a safe area and away from the perpetrators. Then, H continued to monitor the perpetrator's movements until he got off the bus.
"Finally, the person went down at the South Rawa bus stop. I immediately pulled his body to support this person. With my energy and body that was sufficient to do this, I detained this person until the two men (Order and black clothes) detained the person from running away," he wrote.
When the perpetrator got off at the South Rawa Bus Stop, the victim and Transjakarta officers chased him. The alleged perpetrator of sexual harassment managed to escape by jumping into the busway lane.
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