West Java Police Supervise Sarong War After Saur During Ramadan 2023

Police have arrested dozens of youths for a sarong war at the Surakarta Police Headquarters, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (ANTARA-HO-Humas Polresta Surakarta)

West Java (Jabar) Regional Police held patrols during sahur time to prevent children or youths from carrying out sarong wars to illegal racing during Ramadan 2023. Head of Public Relations of the West Java Regional Police Kombes Pol Ibrahim Tompo said the patrol was carried out to ensure the safety and public order in the Holy Month of Ramadan. "This patrol is routinely carried out every day in every police station within the West Java Regional Police," he said in Bandung, West Java, March 27, which was confiscated by Antara. Until the fifth day of Ramadan, he said that the police had also secured a number of youths who had carried out a sarong war and illegal racing. Among them in Majalengka, Indramayu, Bandung Regency, to Cimahi City. Children and youth caught carrying out these activities according to him were briefly secured to the local Police. The sarong war is usually carried out by teenagers by rolling up sarongs to liquerades and made as if it were like a trigger. Then the shaped sarong was used as a weapon by teenagers for "warring". One of them, the sarong war was also recorded in a video circulating in social media allegedly. occurred in the Cileunyi area, Bandung Regency.

Regarding illegal racing, according to him, the police also had time to secure a number of motorbikes from youths suspected of wanting to be in Indramayu Regency. His party confirmed that they would disperse illegal racing, both against illegal racers and youths who watched the illegal racing. Ibrahim asked parents to supervise their children not to leave the house at night, or after dawn. He assessed that children's activities in groups without a clear purpose at night had the potential to cause disturbances in order to order. "With this incident, the police carried out guidance, called village officials, called their parents, and asked them to make a statement not to repeat their actions," he said.