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        "id": 1698922,
        "msgid": "mp-calls-for-legal-action-against-debt-collectors-who-place-fake-ambulance-and-fire-service-orders-1777031543",
        "date": "2026-04-24 17:59:40",
        "title": "MP Calls for Legal Action Against Debt Collectors Who Place Fake Ambulance and Fire Service Orders",
        "author": "Bilal Ramadhan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "A member of Indonesia's House of Representatives Commission III, Abdullah, has demanded that debt collectors who fraudulently summon ambulances and fire services to debtors' homes face criminal prosecution, citing the severe risks to public safety. He highlighted viral incidents in Sleman and Semarang, urging investigations into the perpetrators and their employers to enable compensation claims by emergency services. Abdullah also criticised the Financial Services Authority (OJK) for failing to effectively regulate third-party debt collection practices, allowing intimidation and illegal tactics to persist.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - A member of Commission III of the Indonesian\nHouse of Representatives (DPR RI), Abdullah, believes that the actions\nof debt collectors who create fake orders for ambulances and fire\nservices (damkar) to visit debtors\u2019 homes must be processed legally.\nAbdullah assesses that this has the potential to endanger public safety.\nIn particular, there was a viral case of debt collectors deceiving\nambulance services in Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY), and\nfire services in Semarang, Central Java, to visit debtors\u2019 homes. \u201cThose\ndebt collectors must be imprisoned because they have endangered many\nlives,\u201d said Abdullah in his statement on Friday (24\/4\/2026). The same\napplies to fire services; Abdullah stated that fire teams play a very\nimportant role in responding to fires and saving lives. \u201cIn other words,\nthose debt collectors have been playing with public safety and lives by\ndeceiving ambulances and fire services for debt collection. This case\nmust not be ignored and allowed to recur,\u201d he said. He encouraged that\nthe identities of the perpetrators and the parties employing them must\nalso be investigated. \u201cThe aim, besides prosecuting criminally or\nimposing strict sanctions on the debt collectors, is also so that\nambulance and fire service parties can claim compensation from the\nemploying parties,\u201d he explained. Furthermore, he highlighted that\nviolations in debt collection practices by debt collectors continue to\nrecur, including intimidation, violence, and forcible vehicle seizures\non the road. With the ongoing prevalence of misbehaving debt collectors,\nhe believes that the governance of third-party debt collection systems\nregulated by the Financial Services Authority (OJK) has not been running\neffectively. \u201cThe OJK seems to be allowing this situation, not stopping\ndebt collector practices, but also not yet able to prevent debt\ncollection violations that break the law,\u201d said Abdullah. The\nindividuals making these fake requests are suspected to be from online\nloans (pinjol).<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mp-calls-for-legal-action-against-debt-collectors-who-place-fake-ambulance-and-fire-service-orders-1777031543",
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