Cowboy Duren Sawit, Fortuner’s driver, hid in the mall before being arrested by police.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The driver of a Fortuner car pointing a gun at Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, on Friday (2/4/2021) was arrested at a shopping mall in South Jakarta.

After Polda Metro Jaya Public Relations Commissioner Yusri Yunus said that the perpetrator with the initials MFA was arrested in the parking lot of the shopping center.

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“We will secure the person in question in the parking lot of a shopping center in South Jakarta,” Yusri said on Friday.

Initially, Yusri explained, police were searching for the perpetrator at his residence in the South Jakarta area, based on information obtained by tracing the vehicle’s vehicle number.

MFA was not at home. However, thanks to information from the attacker’s parents, the police learned that the driver of the car was hiding in the shopping center.

“The vehicle is located in South Jakarta, Patal Senayan. We moved there, we chased the perpetrator and we arrived at the residence,” Yusri said.

“Initially the residence of the perpetrator was not found. The parents eventually discovered that the suspect was hiding in the parking lot of the shopping center,” he continued.

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Yusri added that the perpetrator had been taken to Metro Polda for further investigation into the robbery case.

“We are still investigating, the team is currently processing the TKP and examining the witnesses. PMJ’s friends also continue to investigate the driver with the initials MFA. Later we will have the follow-up,” concluded Yusri.

Meanwhile, MFA has been named a suspect in the incident.

“I have determined it (as a suspect) now,” said Director of General Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol Tubagus Ade Hidayat, when contacted, on Saturday (3/4/2021).

Chronology

Yusri then described the chronology of the viral incident based on the initial examination of the perpetrators and witnesses.

The assaults, Yusri revealed, took place around 01.00 WIB at a red light intersection.

“Around 01.00 at Jalan Kolonel Sugiyono in Duren Sawit. At that time, the person was driving a Fortuner vehicle with B 1673, passing at an intersection with a red light,” explained Yusri.

The car then collided with the motorcycle. However, Fortuner’s driver expressed his anger at the crowd at the scene.

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“Then he came across a motorcycle carrying a woman,” Yusri said.

“There were several people, both motorcycle taxis online, who tried to help the woman who was trying to stop the vehicle,” he continued.

Not happy, the MFA then brandished their weapons at the residents to leave the scene.

“What happened after that was that the person in question got angry from inside the car and pulled out a firearm,” Yusri said.

“But after that, the vehicle left, leaving the victim. And there was a community that made a video. This then went viral on social media,” he added.

Previously reported, a video circulated on social media on Friday morning.
The video shows a driver of a Fortuner car with police number B 1673 SJV arguing with another driver.

The driver of the car was seen pointing a gun while yelling at residents around the scene.

In the caption of the video, it is explained that the driver of the car did not agree to be stopped by another driver for allegedly hitting a motorcyclist until he fell.