TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Setyo Wasisto said that Ratna Sarumpaet was in Jakarta on the day of the attack, September 21, and not in Bandung as reported.
Based on the fact, Setyo mentioned that the mob violence rumor against Ratna was a hoax. “Yes, that’s the fact,” he confirmed on Wednesday, October 3.
Setyo said that Ratna was in Jakarta on September 21, precisely at Bina Estetika Hospital at 5 p.m. It can be seen from the hospital registration data and CCTV.
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In Bandung, the police conducted an inspection and found no evidence of an assault that occurred on the same day. The police have checked into Husein Sastranegara Airport and a number of hospitals in West Java.
Ratna Sarumpaet was reportedly attacked by unknown people while in Bandung, West Java, on September 21. The news was revealed through the circulation of Ratna’s photo showing her bruised face and swollen eyes.
“How can one person be in two different places at the same time,” Setyo said.
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