Indonesian 'Dancing Cop' Gets Online Support

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Hope it's not posted yet. This news is happening now in Indonesia. It's interesting news

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Social networking users are rallying online to defend a police officer who has come under scrutiny by Gorontalo Police after a video of him dancing at his post went viral on the Internet.

First it was Sinta and Jojo lip syncing and dancing to dangdut song "Keong Racun," now First Brig. Norman Kamaru, a Gorontalo Mobile Brigade police officer, is the next Indonesian YouTube sensation.

The video of Norman shows him in his police uniform, lip syncing and dancing to "Chaiyya-Chaiyya" by Indian movie star Sahrukh Khan, while sitting at his post. Titled "Gorontalo Police Goes Crazy," the video has been viewed by more than 164,000 people since it was uploaded six days ago.

Gorontalo Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Wilson Damanik said the police would investigate why Norman had uploaded the video on YouTube and would impose administrative sanctions on him.

But viewers of the video have left comments applauding Norman for "showing his human side."

"Mr Policeman, I like your style! Keep your head up, ignore what they say. You're cool!", a viewer named Aldebaran wrote.

Diahtriana wrote: "A policeman is also human, they also needs to relax and entertain themselves. Pak Norman is very entertaining to us as well!"

A similar comment was voiced by Cantona, who said that Norman should be a celebrity because he could help the police fix their tarnished image.

"It's OK for a policeman to have a sense of humor. Besides he did that to get rid of boredom, don't punish him. I even hope he will be on TV and dance, it will be good for police image," Cantona wrote.

The plan to punish Norman has sparked outcry from social media users, with the Facebook page "Support First. Brig. Norman Kamaru Express Himself" being created and Twitter users defending him under the hash tag #BriptuNorman.

Twitter user @rayafahrezza said, "I am supporting #BriptuNorman, at least he's entertaining."

Blogger and comic @radityadika wrote, "Briptu Norman has shown us that inside every person there is a desire to dance to Indian songs," while @helen_irawati wrote, "If Briptu Norman enjoys dancing in his uniform, it means he's happy being a cop. Don't you get it?"

The director of the Gajahmada University's Anti Corruption Study Center (Pukat UGM), Zainal Arifin Muchtar, has advised the police against punishing Norman because he has not violated any ethics.

"Do not punish him. People need to take time out and there's nothing wrong with that. It shows a human side of a police officer," Zainal said.

Watch the video here :

And the poor guy did get punished - they made him perform in front of his colleagues, and guess what? He chose another Sahrukh Khan song!

Check out the punishment here :
Briptu Norman Sering Menghibur Rekan Sejawat

The total views of the original video has nearly reached 800k now
  • Profile picture of the author tchang
    Brig. Norman the phenomenal police
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    WOW, is polisi indonesian? And is this song indian? The tone of words, cadence, music, and his motions to it all seem indian.

    It WOULD be interesting if polisi were indonesian. NO, PROBLEM, and POLICE seem to be 3 words that have changed LITTLE! NO, for example:

    ENGLISH/SPANISH NO police
    FRENCH NON(pronounced NO)
    GERMAN NINE(still starts with N and is one syllable), polizei
    HINDI NAHIN(OK, it is GEE NAHIN, but yes is GEE HA)
    RUSSIAN (NYET)
    DANISH (NEJ, pronouned NI(long I)) politi

    BTW I hope that policeman was not armed! ESPECIALLY with how he got into it, and doing this to a song, it could have been dangerous!

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author promhut729
    Oh, I like the police
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  • Profile picture of the author swchiiz
    I'm Indonesian and I'm not proud of this...
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Originally Posted by swchiiz View Post

      I'm Indonesian and I'm not proud of this...
      You don't have to be proud but you don't seriously think he should be punished do you?

      I thought it was funny and it's not like the post he was on was seeing much action.
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      Wibble, bark, my old man's a mushroom etc...

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