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Car rental operators are wary of certain customer characteristics to prevent vehicle embezzlement cases.
By Satrio Adhy
If it is still occupied by a relative, he will ask for their data. Starting from their KTP to two phone numbers of people who do not live in the same house.
“Certainly, everything requires vigilance, experience, and also habit. Because every job has risks, so we have to learn,” said this one rental entrepreneur.
For your information, cases of vehicle embezzlement from car rental owners occur quite often in the country. Some have even resulted in death.
Like in Ilyas's case yesterday, he was shot by an Indonesian Navy soldier with the initials AA and the rank of Sertu (Sergeant First Class) when he tried to reclaim his vehicle.
Then the case in Pati, Central Java, is also an example. A car rental boss from Jakarta was beaten to death by a mob in Sumbersoko Village, Sukolilo District.
His vehicle was even burned by the perpetrators. However, 10 suspects have now been arrested by the Central Java Regional Police.
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