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August 31, 2025 | 08:33 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Metro Police launched a large-scale patrol connected Sunday, August 31, 2025, pursuing monolithic protests successful the city.
The Head of Public Relations of Jakarta Metro Police, Grand Commissioner Ade Ary Syam Indradi, said hundreds of unit are deployed for this patrol. "Involving 324 unit from the National Police Headquarters and the Jakarta Metro Police," Ade said connected Sunday afternoon, August 31, 2025.
Ade explained that the unit would patrol 3 abstracted routes, with the archetypal squad moving from North Jakarta, past to East Jakarta, and ending successful Central Jakarta.
Meanwhile, the 2nd patrol squad volition expanse from West Jakarta to Central Jakarta and yet to South Jakarta. The 3rd patrol squad volition beryllium tasked with patrolling from South Jakarta to Depok.
Ade mentioned that the unit havebeen equipped with indispensable instrumentality for patrolling. "There are four-wheeled vehicles, two-wheeled vehicles, idiosyncratic equipment, and connection kits," Ade told reporters.
Based connected Tempo's observations, the patrol officers were seen driving tactical vehicles (rantis) totaling six units. Meanwhile, unit driving motorcycles were equipped with tear gas rifles.
It is known that protests person been erupting astatine respective locations, rejecting the Rp50 cardinal lodging allowance per period for lawmakers.
Protesters person besides been expressing disappointment implicit the show of 580 lawmakers, whom they deem not representing nationalist interests. The actions of the parliament members dancing and responding arrogantly to the public's disapproval besides culminated the week-long demonstrations.
The protests escalated erstwhile a motorcycle taxi operator was killed by a constabulary conveyance connected August 28. This incidental angered Indonesian radical and led to much nationalist protests.
Subsequently, the constabulary person stated that they volition ace down connected anyone deemed to beryllium engaging successful anarchist actions during the demonstrations. "Specifically for anarchist actions, the TNI (National Armed Forces) and the Police are asked to instrumentality steadfast actions successful accordance with the law," said the Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo past Saturday.
Listyo has adjacent ordered to sprout anyone attacking the Mobile Brigade Command Headquarters (Mako Brimob). "If they participate the dormitory, sprout them. You person rubber bullets, occurrence them," Listyo said successful a video seen by Tempo.
Eka Yudha Saputra contributed to the penning of this article.
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