If you live in Southeast Asia, chances are you’ve seen the viral video above, in which a robber successfully mugs a woman’s purse but ends up having his motorcycle stolen by the woman.
Since the setting is unmistakably Indonesian, stories about the CCTV video have been reported in Indonesian media outlets such as Merdeka. But we found the authenticity of the video seriously questionable for being too perfectly comical.
True enough, it turned out the video was just a comedic sketch. The original video below even has credits at the end:
In all honesty, we were hoping that the video was an actual CCTV recording given the current influx of motorcycle robberies in Jakarta. Having their motorcycles stolen is just the sort of punishment these robbers deserve (instead of getting burned alive by an angry mob).
