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Man allegedly abused after picking up dropped wallet on Transjakarta bus
Faisal, 38, said he was falsely accused of stealing after picking up a wallet he had found on a bus and tried to return it to its rightful owner.
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Passengers wait for a Transjakarta bus at a newly built concrete bus stop on Jl. Sudirman, Central Jakarta. (The Jakarta Post/Wendra Ajistyatama )
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hotel security officer claimed to have been harassed and assaulted by Transjakarta security officers after he was falsely accused of stealing a passenger’s wallet.
Faisal, 38, said he had merely picked up a wallet he had found on a bus and tried to return it to its rightful owner.
The incident took place in Utan Kayu, East Jakarta, while he was traveling home to Cilincing, North Jakarta, after completing a night shift on Thursday.
“Faisal was giving back [the wallet] to the owner, but one passenger said he had stolen it,” Faisal’s lawyer, M Al Marsyahdan, said as quoted by kompas.com on Friday.
The owner of the walled admitted that he had accidentally dropped it, wartakota.tribunnews.com reported, but the case did not end there.
The lawyer said Faisal was then asked to stay on the bus and was taken to Harmoni Station, where he was allegedly publicly humiliated.
“Faisal was forced to wear a signboard saying, ‘I am a pickpocket’. He was forced to take off his clothes and pants and was told to sit there and walk around Harmoni Station,” he said.
According to Marsyahdan, Faisal was also locked up inside the security room with eight security guards until 9 p.m. He was forced to admit that he was a pickpocket.
“He was beaten and forced to make a statement letter admitting that he did the crime,” Marsyahdan said.
Nuning Tyas, who is also Faisal’s lawyer, said her client had undergone medical check-up and reported the case the Central Jakarta Police.
Transjakarta’s director of operation, Daud Joseph, claimed he had not been aware of the incident.
“I will find out [investigate the matter] first, then I will make a statement,” Daud said. (gis/ahw)
