On Sunday afternoon, a man driving a Toyota Innova crashed into and killed a motorcyclist in Bekasi. While that sounds like a pretty common traffic accident in Indonesia, this particular case caught the media’s attention because of who drove the car and who the car was registered to.
The police confirmed that the driver was a 22-year-old man who went by the initials IIP. The car, meanwhile, was registered to the Bekasi Regency council and was given to IIP’s father, council member Kairan, for official use.
The police believe that IIP briefly lost concentration while driving, drove his car into the opposite lane and crashed into a motorcycle driven by 56-year-old Kinan.
He then drove Kinan to a hospital, but Kinan sadly died before receiving medical attention.
“The matter has been resolved privately, but since the victim died, the investigation into the case will continue,” said AKP Paninondang Marbun, head of the Traffic Accidents Unit at the Bekasi Police, as quoted by Merdeka yesterday.
“The driver also didn’t have a driver’s license.”
The police say that IIP may be charged with a 5-year prison sentence for reckless driving.
We sure hope the police will be impartial in pursuing justice for this case. Too often, children of wealthy and/or powerful figures in Indonesia have escaped punishment for fatal reckless driving.
