The North Sumatra Cops have actually dismissed Adj. Comr. Bobi Vaski Pranata from his position as Serdang Bedagai Police’s intelligence system chief after he held a wedding party in spite of the coronavirus pandemic and disregarding health protocols and physical distancing.
Bobi’s termination came after a video of his wedding celebration, held on Sept. 26 in a building in Labuhan Batu regency, North Sumatra, made the rounds on social media.
In the video that later went viral, the couple and the guests were seen without masks and supposedly without any physical distancing.
The North Sumatra Police have confirmed the credibility of the video, which caused the first dismissal of a law enforcement officer in the area for an infraction of health protocols.
” The police officer who held the wedding party has actually been approved. He has actually been dismissed from his post as the intelligence system chief,” North Sumatra Cops spokesperson Sr. Comr. Tatan Dirsan Atmaja told journalism on Monday.
Bobi was presently being questioned by the North Sumatra Authorities ' s internal affairs division considering that he disobeyed an edict released by the National Police chief Gen. Idham Azis.
The order, released on March 19, prohibits mass gatherings such as social meetings, workshops, music festivals, carnivals, sports events, fairs, mass demonstrations and family receptions in a bid to suppress the spread of COVID-19
” For this violation, the police officer will undergo a disciplinary hearing,” Tatan included.
In April the Jakarta Authorities dismissed Comr. Fahrul Sudiana from his position as Kembangan authorities chief after he held a fancy wedding reception at a first-class hotel amid the pandemic.
Fahrul’s dismissal at that time came after images of the wedding event, which was held on March 21, also went viral on social media, with lots of criticizing the policeman’s apparent hypocrisy.
Meanwhile, in reinforcing public compliance with health procedures, the North Sumatra COVID-19 task force closed down on Saturday three night home entertainment companies and a food court in Medan.
” The three entertainment locations and the food court were closed down due to their absence of compliance with health procedures amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” said the deputy head of the North Sumatra COVID-19 job force, Col. Azhar Mulyadi.
On Friday, the job force also closed down the Hairos Waterpark in Pancur Batu district, Deli Serdang regency, for letting hundreds of individuals hold a pool celebration without following the health procedures. The police likewise named the general manager of the waterpark a suspect. (trn)
