West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi to Conduct Urine Tests on All High School Students After Shocking Begal Case

West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi will conduct urine tests on all senior high school (SMA) and vocational school (SMK) students in West Java. The policy was prepared after two perpetrators of a brutal robbery, FS and LHZ, were found to have been dependent on illegal drugs since they were in grade XI at an SMK.

Both are said to have consumed the drugs up to the present day. The dependency is suspected to be one of the factors that drove FS and LHZ to commit robbery in order to obtain money to buy drugs.

Dedi Mulyadi said the urine tests would be carried out to identify students who are misusing or dependent on pharmaceutical drugs.

“The test is conducted to detect the misuse of or dependency on pharmaceutical drugs,” said Dedi Mulyadi on Monday, 10 August 2026.

According to Dedi, the measure is not solely intended to impose sanctions on students. The examination is an effort to detect dependency from an early stage so that students who require treatment can immediately receive rehabilitation.

“Those who are already addicted to pharmaceutical drugs will be sent to rehabilitation, so that students who are addicted can be saved from an early stage, so that incidents like the robbery perpetrators do not occur in the future,” he said.

He expressed hope that the effort would prevent students from falling further into drug abuse and would safeguard the future of the younger generation in West Java.

In addition to targeting students, Dedi Mulyadi called on all elements of society to help break the circulation of illegal drugs in their respective areas.

He specifically asked village officials, Bhabinkamtibmas (community police officers), and Babinsa (village military non-commissioned officers) to increase supervision of the circulation of illegal drugs in their areas.

Dedi asked local officials to inspect shops in villages to ensure that no business premises are selling alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs.

“Monitor and inspect shops in villages, make sure they do not sell alcohol and illegal drugs, also monitor newcomers who open shops or businesses, as there are fears that some shops are disguised as coffee sellers but actually sell pharmaceutical drugs,” he said.

According to Dedi, supervision also needs to be carried out on newcomers who open new businesses. This is to prevent shops that use a business front such as a coffee shop but secretly trade in pharmaceutical drugs.