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Bouncing rice ball video uploader reported to police for defamation
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From 'rendang' to various 'balado' cuisines, Padang dishes are very popular in Jakarta. (Shutterstock/-)
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he owner of a Padang restaurant in Central Jakarta reported the uploader of a video, showing a bouncing rice ball, to the police for defamation.
The complainant claims people in the video discourage others from consuming the popular spicy West Sumatran food on suspicion of the use of plastic rice.
The one-and-a-half-minute video, uploaded on YouTube by Kepoindo HD on Aug. 22, starts with a woman trying to make a ball out of left-over rice from a Padang restaurant. Her hands are clean without any rice sticking to them. “If this was regular, normal rice, it would stick to your hand,” a woman behind the camera says while examining the other woman’s hands.
After making a rice ball, the first woman then throws the rice ball onto the table in front of her. The rice ball bounces around 10 centimeters off the table surface.
“This is like those squishy toys,” the woman behind the camera says, “normal rice would stick to the table if you did that.”
The woman shows the address and phone number of the supplier on the rice box.
“Be careful guys,” she warns.
Other people also started to post their own experience of bouncing rice from other Padang restaurants across Jakarta.
Central Jakarta Police criminal unit head Comr. Tahan Marpaung confirmed they had received the report from the restaurant owner.
“We are still investigating it,” Tahan said on Sunday, as quoted by kompas.com. (hol)
