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    "data": {
        "id": 1695082,
        "msgid": "police-action-to-stop-car-on-west-jakarta-road-was-it-in-line-with-regulations-1776909164",
        "date": "2026-04-23 07:47:58",
        "title": "Police Action to Stop Car on West Jakarta Road: Was It in Line with Regulations?",
        "author": "Muhammad Isa Bustomi",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "A tense police interception of a vehicle under the Pesing flyover in West Jakarta has sparked public debate after a video went viral on social media, questioning whether the officers' actions were lawful. The six plainclothes officers from Grogol Petamburan Police Station were acting on a tip-off suspecting a drug transaction, having monitored the car from Cengkareng before stopping it on Daan Mogot Road. Although the driver refused inspection\u2014especially with a minor present\u2014and the search was abandoned, netizens criticised the officers' aggressive tone, gestures, and attempt to force entry as excessive.",
        "content": "<p>Under the Pesing flyover on Daan Mogot Road in West Jakarta, a tense\nmoment unfolded with little room for pause. A car heading home was\nsuddenly intercepted. A man entered the vehicle without much\nexplanation. The incident later went viral on social media, prompting\npublic questions about whether the officers\u2019 actions were lawful or\noverstepped boundaries. It was later revealed that the six men in\ncivilian clothes who stopped the car were police officers from Grogol\nPetamburan Police Station. Grogol Petamburan Police Chief AKP Reza\nAditya confirmed this. He explained that the car had been on their\nsurveillance radar since entering the Cengkareng area. Officers followed\nit and eventually carried out the interception in the Pesing area.\n\u201cIndeed, it was our personnel, receiving a report from the public\nsuspecting a drug transaction,\u201d Reza said when contacted by Kompas.com\non Monday (20\/4\/2026). However, the situation on the ground did not\nproceed smoothly. The driver refused to be inspected. Tensions\nescalated, especially since there was a minor inside the vehicle. Amid\nthe situation, the officers eventually chose to withdraw and cancel the\nsearch. In the circulating recording, the officers\u2019 actions drew\nscrutiny. The high-pitched tone, aggressive gestures, and attempt to\nforce entry into the car were deemed excessive by netizens.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-action-to-stop-car-on-west-jakarta-road-was-it-in-line-with-regulations-1776909164",
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    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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