Journalist's Car In Bandung Broken Into, Police Examine Witnesses

A car belonging to a journalist was burglarized by an unknown person on Jalan Purnawarman, Bandung City, West Java, Thursday (6/4/2023). (ANTARA/Personal Documentation)

The Bandung Police Satreskrim is investigating a car burglary case belonging to a journalist. In the burglary, the items in the car were lost.

Bandung Police Chief Kombes Pol. Budi Sartono confirmed that his party would reveal the perpetrators of the burglary that occurred on Thursday 6 April at around 20.00 WIB on Jalan Purnawarman, Bandung City, West Java.

"We will still reveal it. God willing, we will carry out a good TKP (the crime scene)," Budi said in Bandung, West Java, Friday, April 7, which was confiscated by Antara.

Bandung Police will form a special team in investigating the case. For this reason, he asked for time in the investigation process so that his party could arrest the perpetrators.

"We are examining witnesses, so that in the near future we can reveal them," he added.

A journalist who was the victim of a car burglary accompanied by the theft was named Machradin Wahyudi Ritonga alias Yudi. He works in one of the national media with the bureau office on Jalan LLRE Martadinata, Bandung City.

Yudi admitted that at the time of the incident he was visiting the restaurant to eat dinner after breaking the fast. According to him, the car was parked about 50 meters from the restaurant on Jalan Purnawarman.

"At that time there were also many cars parked on the side of the road," said Yudi.

After about an hour in the restaurant, Yudi was about to go home at 21.00 WIB. However, at that time, he found the condition of his car window in the driver's seat had been broken or broken.

"The missing item is a black backpack, it contains a laptop, a camera, a press card, a motorcycle STNK, and a SIM C," said Yudi.