Police interrogate model allegedly a mugging victim in West Jakarta

The Metro Jaya Regional Police have interrogated a model and makeup artist (MUA) and influencer identified by the initials AWS, who had been alleged to be the victim of a mugging in the West Jakarta area. Police public relations chief Kombes Pol Budi Hermanto said, ‘We emphasise that the person in question was not the victim of a mugging or any other criminal act.’ The interrogation was conducted with the Directorate of Women and Children Protection (PPA) and PPO, together with Satres PPA PPO West Jakarta and Kebun Jeruk Police Sector, and accompanied by UPT P3A and Psychology, including the Metro Jaya Police’s Forensic Medical Unit (Dokkes).

He added that the inquiry had visited the site this afternoon and conducted in-depth examinations, leading to the conclusion that the person was not a victim of a criminal incident. The statement was reinforced by clarification from the management of Rumah Sakit Sumber Waras Jakarta Barat, which noted that there has been no record of the name AWS in the hospital’s records in the last month.

He also urged the public to be prudent on social media and avoid spreading misleading information that could cause disruption in digital and public spaces.

Earlier, police had not found the name of a model with the initials ADV in the Rumah Sakit Sumber Waras patient database after the model was alleged to have become a mugging victim on the Kebon Jeruk toll road in West Jakarta (Jakbar) on Saturday (16 May).

On Threads social media account @hmzr39, the model was described as having been the victim of a mugging while returning home after a photo shoot around 00:00 WIB. However, while returning home via a ride-hailing service, the victim was said to have been mugged and sustained a head wound, and was taken to Rumah Sakit Sumber Waras, Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta.

Kapolsek Kebon Jeruk Kompol Nur Aqsha said they had conducted joint investigations with Palemah and Grogol Petamburan Police Sub-Precincts. However, the victim’s family, who publicised the alleged mugging, did not specify the exact location. ‘So, the place described as the Kebon Jeruk toll roadside is long, from the Tomang area to near Tangerang; it is still part of the Kebon Jeruk Toll Road,’ Aqsha said when contacted in Jakarta on Monday (18 May).