Mobil Driver Beaten After Siding With Motorist in Anti-Traffic Law Incident
A Jakarta driver with the license plate MA was brutally assaulted after confronting a motorcycle rider who was driving against traffic flow in Fatmawati, South Jakarta. The victim was beaten with a golf club and a wooden plank, resulting in severe injuries, including head lacerations and bruises on his right arm.
The incident transpired at 2:00 AM on Tuesday (7/1), with the victim being driven along the Fatmawati area from Blok M. Ade Ary Syam Indradi, the Metropolitan Police‘s General Crimes Director, provided a report, stating, "The victim asked the motorist to reverse and stop driving against the flow of traffic, but the motorist refused."
Ade Ary continued, "The motorist then called his friends, who used wooden planks and golf clubs to assault the victim. The victim sustained serious injuries to his forehead, upper back, and right arm."
Despite the assault, the victim managed to report the incident to the police. The case is currently under investigation at the Kebayoran Baru Police Station.
In a similar incident earlier this year, a Jakarta resident was attacked after asking a motorcycle taxi driver, who was carrying a passenger and driving against traffic, to observe traffic laws. The victim was beaten with a wooden plank and suffered severe injuries.
This unfortunate series of events underscores the importance of motorists adhering to traffic rules and the pressing need for a stronger enforcement of these regulations in the city.
