Two Indonesian job
seekers have been fooled into having their faces tattooed in order
to receive non-existent government jobs.
The pair had their faces permanently inked after village chief
Sawiyono told them he had received a text message from a government
official offering them work as Jakarta intelligence officers.
The official, who said it was a job requirement to have their
faces tattooed with dragons, was later discovered to be a hoaxer —
but not before Nanang, 30, and Bambang, 40, had already undergone
the painful and disfiguring procedure.
The three men believe the anonymous trickster was a kind of
"mystic", as they didn't feel in control of their actions when
following his strange instructions.
"I was half conscious when the shop owner tattooed my face, and
didn't think it was a con," victim Bambang said.
"I just realized it was a con on Friday night. I was shocked and
I cried."
A horrified Sawiyono realised he had been tricked when
double-checking the bizarre request with a legitimate government
representative.
"I am fully responsible for the mistake and I will do my best to
help the men remove their tattoos,'' Sawiyono was quoted as
saying.
"I don’t know why I believe that person.
"I feel half conscious when I follow the man's
instructions."
Indonesian police say that the tattoo incident was the third
hoax of its kind to have been pulled recently.
The men have filed a police report and are being treated in a
local hospital.
LoL.. intelligence officers with visible tattoos on thier face
?I dun think so.. lol!
