Viral video shows driver bribing “naughty” police officer, then gets angry about doing so

It’s no secret that some police officers in this country accept bribes in place of issuing traffic tickets.
 
But the viral video above is the perfect example that sometimes, citizens too can be at fault for enabling bribery.
 
It’s quite difficult to make out exactly what was said during the exchange between the driver and the police officer because of all the shouting, but it’s clear that the police officer accepted a bribe from the driver.
 
The incident supposedly happened in Tebet sometime in early October. The driver was pulled over for an unknown traffic offence. Against procedure, the police officer told the driver he could hand over the fine directly to him, so the officer won’t have to confiscate the driver’s SIM (driver’s license).
 
In case you didn’t know, the correct procedure in this case (especially for vehicles not registered in the city where the violation happened) is the driver should hand over his SIM to the police while he pays his fine at a BRI ATM. The driver would get his SIM back if he can show the officer a proof of payment.
 
After the bribery, the police officer became aware that he was being filmed and asked for the video to be deleted. The passengers refused, and a woman could be heard shouting, “I’m a professor at the Unpad (Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung), I know the rules.”
 
Well, if she knew the rules, she should’ve advised the driver not to bribe the police officer in the first place. Did she think university professors deserved exemption from the law?
 
Knowing he was being filmed, the police officer then appeared to backtrack and asked for the driver’s SIM so he could be fined according to the correct procedure. The driver and passengers were outraged, saying the driver shouldn’t give up his SIM because he had already paid the officer.
 
After some more arguing between the two sides, the officer then gave up in the end and gave what appears to be the bribe money back to the driver, before ordering him to drive off.
 
The Jakarta Metro Police is aware of the video and is taking steps to punish the unnamed police officer in the video.
 
“Yes, [the police officer] was naughty. But the bribe money was returned, even though that kind of thing isn’t allowed,” said Jakarta Metro Police Spokesman Grand Commissioner Mohammad Iqbal, as quoted by Kompas yesterday.
 
“This has been looked into and investigated. [The officer] was interrogated by Internal Affairs.”