Policeman mobbed in Cikokol

Policeman mobbed in Cikokol

TANGERANG: A Balaraja Police officer was rushed to the
Tangerang General Hospital after a number of traders and
motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers mobbed him in the Cikokol main
market on Jl. Sudirman on Wednesday morning.

Sahidin, an eyewitness, said that the passengers of an Asli
bus, which serves the Kalideres-Balaraja route and was passing
through the market, shouted when they saw the officer, identified
as Second Brig. Margoyanto, 43, pointing a gun at the head of
the bus driver.

The officer then jumped off the bus and ran to a security post
in the Modernland residential complex, where he broke the windows
of a parked car in front of the post, kicked a motorcycle taxi
and fired four shots into the air before throwing his gun on the
ground.

The officer then picked up his gun again and attempted to get
on the bus once more. But a passenger shouted a warning, after
which the officer ran off into Cikokol market.

Traders became enraged when the officer tramped upon their
wares. Along with some ojek drivers, they then attacked the
officer and beat him black and blue.

A number of officers from the Balaraja police station said
that Margoyanto was suffering from emotional and other
problems.--JP