Common sense keeps most of us from carrying loads of cash in our baggage, especially our check in baggage, when traveling by air, but we still feel sorry for a Sriwijaya Air passenger who claims she had millions of rupiah stolen from her baggage.
Mintauli Rajagukguk, 65, departed Soekarno-Hatta Airport at 7:30am this morning with her family on a Sriwijaya Air flight to North Tapanuli in North Sumatra.
Upon arrival in North Tapanuli, Mintauli’s family claimed that her baggage appeared to have been broken into.
“The lock was gone. The zipper was also damaged,” said Bernat, her son, as quoted by Tribun.
Mintauli reportedly broke into tears when she opened the baggage and found out that the Rp 13 million she had stashed inside was missing.
Her family had reported the case to the Sriwijaya Air crew and airport officials in North Tapanuli, who are said to be looking into the possibility that the baggage was broken into in Jakarta. However, there have been no official statements from Sriwijaya Air or airport officials at this point.
Earlier this year, several Lion Air baggage porters were arrested after they were found to be conspiring with airport security officers to systematically commit baggage theft. However, the police then said that employees from other airlines were committing baggage theft as well, and Mintauli may just be the latest victim.
