TheIndonesia.id - Denpasar Police summoned the uniform traders in Bali after a video showing a white Caucasian man singing in a café with an Indonesian police uniform went viral. RLB, an American, was celebrating Halloween night on October 31, 2021.
"The foreigner was seen wearing a National Police uniform while celebrating Halloween. From the information, the uniform was obtained by buying it at a shop that sells Police service uniforms," said Head of Profession and Ethics of Denpasar Police First Police Inspector Harun Budiyanto in Denpasar, Bali, Friday, November 19, 2021.
He said the foreigner had clarified and apologized. He said he did not intend to harass the Police. He was being asked not to do the same thing, especially the use of police uniforms.
Police have summoned the uniform traders intending to prevent this incident from happening again. "If at any time there is something suspicious, we ask the traders and attribute shop owners to immediately coordinate or report the matter to the Denpasar Police," he said.
Harun asked traders to be more selective when selling Police attributes, such as asking for ID cards or police identity cards for police personnel, registering every purchaser of police attribute by recording in a book, and reporting sales activities of police service clothes to the nearest police office to anticipate abuse.
Viral on social media, a Caucasian sings and wears a Police uniform while celebrating Halloween in Bali. He sang in a cafe or restaurant on October 31, 2021. The video was uploaded by the TikTok account @Tiwi.