On 29 April, a Singaporean man was almost attacked by a mob in Indonesia after they accused him of being a kidnapper.
According to iNews report, the man identified as GW went to a convenience store in a residential area in Batu Aji, Batam.
Upon leaving the store, he offered some of his sweets to a child playing nearby. But locals mistook the act as an attempt to kidnap the child.
A local resident who witnessed the interaction had accused GW of trying to abduct the child.
Hearing the commotion, locals began to gather around GW and the mob became increasingly hostile as it grew.
Fortunately, a police patrol car passed by and officers intervened to take the Singaporean man away from the mob.
Source: TribunbatamID on YouTube
As he did not speak Bahasa Indonesia, GW had difficulty explaining himself at the police station.
Fortunately, the police found no evidence to support the kidnapping allegations made by the locals.
“What the man did was not a common gesture in the area, so the community grew suspicious,” Batam Immigration Office head Samuel Toba told iNews.
Despite the findings, GW was deported from Indonesia to remove him from the hostile situation.
Also read: Man in S’pore charged for faking own kidnapping to pay off gambling debts
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Featured image adapted from TribunbatamID on YouTube.
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