Kalimalang Trash Bag Thrower Reveal Comes After All-Page Viral Video

BEKASI, KOMPAS.com – Video of a car driver littering the Kalimalang stream, Bekasi Regency, on Sunday (10/18/2020) went viral on social media.

Drivers of a Daihatsu Blind Van with FCC license plates B 9338 casually dumped four large plastic garbage bags on the side of the road.

When disposing of the garbage bag, the driver of the car appears to be walking in a straight line.

Even though the surroundings of Jalan Kalimalang seem to be full of other motorists. After the video went viral on social media, now the owner of the car turned himself in.

Police were once wanted by the Bekasi regency government

After the video went viral, the police discovered who threw the trash bag.

Kasatreskrim Bekasi metro police AKBP Dwi Prasetya said police were looking for the perpetrator who dumped trash so it would be known what kind of waste was disposed of.

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For fear that the waste that is thrown away is garbage.

“Look at the shape of the garbage first. It may be (subject to penalties), but this is a tipping over (a misdemeanor),” Dwi said when contacted on Wednesday (10/21/2020).

Not only the police, the Bekasi city government has also highlighted the actions of car drivers who carelessly throw garbage bags.

“This is bad behavior, especially as the rainy season approaches,” Bekasi Deputy Mayor Tri Adhianto said in a tweet on Twitter @mastriadhianto.

The Bekasi City Government, together with the Bekasi Regency Government, immediately checked and collected the rubbish carelessly dumped by car drivers in the Kalimalang area.

According to him, it takes public awareness to dispose of trash instead.

“The garbage problem has become a ghost for this country. Through various evidences in the virtual world, many have not given up the habit of throwing garbage. Awareness is needed to jointly maintain environmental cleanliness, we have to build a culture of garbage disposal in place, “he said.

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Surrender

After one day the video went viral on social networks, finally the perpetrator who was throwing garbage turned himself in to the Bekasi Metropolitan Police on Thursday (10/22/2020).

There were three people who were videotaped littering the side of Jalan Raya Inspeksi Kalimalang, Ruko Kalimalang Indah, Kelurahan Setia Dharma, Tambun Selatan District, Bekasi Regency.

They are Abun Gunawan as the car owner, Rahmat as the driver, and Agung as the driver.

Bekasi Metro Police Chief Kombes Pol Hendra Gunawan said the rubbish dumped in Kalimalang contained household waste, that is, the remains of Abun’s boy’s birthday party.

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“On Sunday October 18, 2020, around 17.30 WIB, there was a garbage dump into a black plastic bag, about four plastic bags were discarded with the leftover shrimp and fish. Leftover cardboard from Abun’s child’s birthday “Hendra said.

Threatened with a fine of 50 million rupees

He said he would hand the case over to Satpol PP and the Bekasi Regency Environment Agency.

The three perpetrators violated article 20 in conjunction with article 46 of Regional Regulation Number 4 of Public Order of the Bekasi Regency.

In Perda, the perpetrator could face six months in prison or a maximum fine of Rs 50 million.

“Violation of the provisions stipulated in this Perda will be punished by six months in prison or a maximum fine of Rs 50 million,” he said.