Our Nation's Newest Restlessness Makers: Violent Motorcycle Gangs and The Phenomenon of 'Cabe-Cabean'

Since a long time ago, our nation has been attacked by numerous cases and crimes which are caused by teenagers or youths, such as rampant kidnapping, raping, consumption of alcohol and drugs, free-sex, and many more. However, the existence of violent motorcycle gangs and the phenomenon of 'Cabe-Cabean' have recently attacked our nation and increased the rate of public restlessness, as they appear and cause many damages for both mentally and physically to their victims and our society itself.

One of violent motorcycle gangs in Indonesia

Violent motorcycle gangs are groups of people, mostly consists of young males or high school students and are led by one leader, which use to conduct a motor racing on public streets in the middle of nights.Yet, it is not the only thing that they are used to do. They also tend to disturb public comfort and convenience by stealing properties of innocent riders who are not the members of their gangs, hurting anyone who passed their territory, kidnapping and raping young girls,damaging public places and facilities, and even killing their victims of property-stealing. Indonesia's polices have tried to reduce the number of motorcycle gangs which tend to do violent deeds by arresting and imprisoning several big bosses of them and also the members of the gangs. However, these ways have not succeeded yet in tackling down and preventing the occurrence of the next same cases in the future.

Bad deeds that are usually done by the member of violent motorcycle gangs

Besides violent motorcycle gangs, our nation has been enlivened by the phenomenon of 'Cabe-Cabean' as well. 'Cabe-cabean' is the term that is used to name and call young females or girls who tend to wear nasty, tight, and full-pressed-body clothes, such as tank top and hot-pants in public areas. On its first appearance and usage, this term is used to name the girls who are taking a role as a queen bee or the material of bet in a motorcycle racing which is held by motorcycle gangs. Thus, there is a big relation between this phenomenon and our first issue about violent motorcycle gangs.

Cabe-cabean girls on the streets

In my previous statement, I state that those cases cause damages for both mentally and physically to their victims and our society itself because they break general and social norms especially the norms of decency and divinity by betting somebody's self-esteem and harming innocent people. They also cause morals depravity of Indonesian, traumatic attacks to their victims,and higher restlessness of the society and other road users.

To reduce and prevent the occurrence of the next same cases in the future, Indonesian polices should have a deeper research to know the root or main causes, beyond the conventional research of just arresting and imprisoning the members of motorcycle gangs. Moreover, the society should be much more aware and cautious of violent motorcycle gangs by not going outside in the midnight. Then, every parents in Indonesia should be very careful on guiding their children who are reaching the teenager-age and having unstable principle of mind. So, they would not be affected or influenced to be a part of motorcycle gangs and also 'Cabe-Cabean' girls.