A police report has been filed against a member of the West Java Regional People’s Legislative Council (DPRD) and his driver, the latter of whom reportedly assaulted a hotel employee to seemingly defend his employer’s fragile sense of honor.
According to reports, the incident occurred at Hotel Le Eminence in Cianjur’s Puncak, West Java on Tuesday. At breakfast time, the DPRD member — whose identity hasn’t been made public by the police — and his entourage were walking towards the hotel restaurant when an employee asked them to wear face masks per the hotel’s protocol.
The DPRD member was allegedly annoyed by the reminder and made some verbal threats against the employee. Then, his driver walked up to the employee and launched a right-handed hook, as seen in CCTV footage of the incident that recently made its rounds online.
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“Maybe they didn’t appreciate being reminded, so they threatened our employee. Then [the driver] punched our employee,” Le Eminence Hotel spokesperson M Rizki Supriatna said.
The employee, Rizki said, suffered a bruise behind his left ear.
“Our employee was doing his job. According to our health protocols, all guests must wear face masks in public areas. No exceptions,” he said.
The hotel has filed a police report over the incident, but law enforcement authorities have yet to issue a statement on the matter.
The West Java DPRD Ethics Committee said they will look into possible breaches by their colleague but have yet to set a date to hear his testimony over the incident. As for the driver, the committee said the police should investigate him for assault in accordance with the law.
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