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An airport security officer conducts a regular body search on a passenger at Terminal 3 at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten on Aug. 9, 2016. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)
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ollowing an assault on an airport security official by the wife of a police general in Manado, North Sulawesi, a similar incident has occurred at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten.
A military man, identified as AG, 56, slapped an airport security official on Friday after the latter tried to conduct a body search on AG.
The light of the body scanner at a security checkpoint turned on when AG passed through it, prompting an official to ask his permission to conduct the search.
“The airport security official was slapped [after asking him],” said airport police spokesperson Second Insp. Prayogo as quoted by tribunnews.com.
The police are still investigating the case.
(Read also: Soldier who allegedly attacked airport officer faces internal probe)
A police general's wife received harsh criticism on social media after she was taped assaulting a security officer at Sam Ratulangi Airport in Manado.
The woman has been identified as Joice Waraouw.
She was later questioned by the Jakarta Police over the incident. (yon/wit)
