FPI's Munarman Beaten Up in Traffic Incident

Jakarta Globe November 26, 2012


The secretary general and paramilitary commander of the hard-line group Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) was beaten up by five people in a traffic incident in Pondok Cabe, Pamulang, on Sunday.

According to Pamulang Police Chief Comr. Mohamad Nasir, at around 5 p.m. Munarman found himself stuck in the middle of traffic in Pondok Cabe and sounded his horn.

“He [Munarman] was upset and disappointed because he was in a rush and no one was giving way. So he kept on honking,” Mohamad told newsportal Detik.com.

Suddenly, five people surrounded his car and asked him why he was honking during a traffic jam.

According to the police report that Munarman filed, in the middle of arguing, the men broke his car window and spit on him. He ran away, but the five chased him and beat him up.

Munarman reportedly has bruises all over his body but was not hospitalized.

Al Khattath, the secretary general of FPI's sister organization Islamic People’s Forum (FUI) told Tribunnews.com that Munarman has already withdrawn the police report.

“[He] only wanted to notify the police about the incident,” Al Khattath said, adding that the FPI would not seek to take any further action on this case.

In 2007, Munarman was reported to the police following a traffic altercation with Blue Bird cab during which he was said to have hit the driver and forcibly taken the car's registration, or STNK.



( A case of the chicken coming home to roost) siK.