Zuryawan Isvandiart Zoebir, who was the secretary of the Bogor Regency Culture and Tourism Agency, died after getting in a fistfight with 37-year-old OL over a traffic dispute.
On Saturday, Zuryawan and OL were both driving their cars into the Bogor Outer Ring Road (BORR) toll road. At the toll road entrance, the two cars tried to squeeze past each other in order to get to the tollbooth first.
“[Afterwards] on the toll road their dispute carried on as they chased and honked at each other,” said Hendrawan Nugraha, head of the Crime Investigation Unit at the Bogor Police, as quoted by Tempo yesterday.
They then stopped their cars under a bridge near Tanah Baru.
“In that location, the two argued verbally, and then pushed each other and we suspect there were punches thrown,” Hendrawan said.
OL claimed that Zuryawan then fell on the ground and lost consciousness. A patrolling toll road officer then stopped to pick up Zuryawan and take him to a nearby hospital, but Zuryawan passed away before reaching the destination.
OL was taken to a police precinct to be interrogated. The police have not yet named OL a suspect in Zuryawan’s death.
Zuryawan was taken to the Ciawi Hospital for an autopsy. Initial tests revealed that he had a cut on his forehead and a bruise on the left side of his chest.
We know driving in Jakarta can be an infuriating experience, but getting into a fistfight with a fellow driver, however annoying they are, should not be the reaction of a rational adult, let alone a government official.
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