The wacky world of Indonesian Youtube sensation First Brig. Norman Kamaru got a whole lot whackier on Thursday night when he was "kidnapped" from the set of popular talk show Hitam Putih.

"Chaos!!," tweeted host Deddy Corbuzier, "Briptu Norman was kidnapped by 20 people on the set of Hitam Putih when my show was about to start! And this is not a joke!"

The alleged kidnappers, however, turned out to be from the National Police's Bureau of Professionalism and Security Affairs (Propam) because he had not secured permission from his superiors to appear on the show.

"Every member [of the National Police] must follow the rules," Propam head Brig. Gen. Budi Wasesa told news portal Detik.com. "If he is on leave, go ahead but he still has to have a permission."

Perhaps sensing what was a looming public relations disaster for arguably the police's biggest star, Budi then said that Norman, a member of the armed Mobile Brigade (Brimob), must exercise more discipline to avoid becoming a target for terrorists.

"We know that we have to be aware of the terrorism threat to the National Police and we don't want any unwanted things to happen," Budi said.

Norman shot to fame after a video of him lip-syncing and dancing to a Bollywood song went viral on the Internet. When the video first emerged police expressed anger and threatened administrative sanctions given he was wearing his uniform and appeared to be on duty when it was recorded.

National Police however, sensing a much needed dose of positive publicity in the wake of scandal after scandal, were quick to cash in, bringing him to the capital as part of a massive public relations drive. He even recorded an album and presented with a house by the governor of Gorontalo. Norman was flown back to his base early on Friday morning.