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August 29, 2025 | 05:14 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Thousands of online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers turned retired for the ceremonial of Affan Kurniawan, their adjacent who was tally implicit by a constabulary conveyance yesterday during a protest in Jakarta. The convoy departed from Affan's residence connected Blora Street, Menteng, to the Karet Bivak Public Cemetery successful Jakarta connected Friday, August 29, 2025.
Along the way, the motorcycle convoy chanted demands for justness implicit the incident, portion others recited prayers for Affan. "Laillahaillalah," they said.
The precocious Affan arrived astatine the Karet Bivak Public Cemetery astatine astir 10:00 a.m. with an ambulance. The ojol drivers promptly carried the assemblage from the conveyance to Block AA1, Block 1070, crippled 0930. Among them was Affan's mother, who was seen crying. Chants and prayers continued to resonate successful the area.
Police Chief Apologizes for the Killing of Affan
The Chairperson of the Indonesian Public Transportation Workers Union (SPAI), Lily Pujiati, announced past nighttime that Affan died aft being crushed by a constabulary mobile brigade's car. His assemblage was taken to Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM), Central Jakarta.
The Chief of the Indonesian National Police, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, visited the infirmary to spot the assemblage and conscionable the ride-share driver's family. He mentioned that this calamity would service arsenic an valuation for the police.
"We volition travel up connected the incident. I apologize to the victim's household and the full ojol community for the calamity that has occurred," said Sigit successful beforehand of the RSCM morgue successful the aboriginal greeting of Friday, August 29, 2025.
Sigit was incapable to explicate successful item the solution helium offered to resoluteness the contented of constabulary brutality erstwhile dealing with protesters. As a effect of this incident, 7 Brimob (mobile brigade) officers from the Jakarta Metro Police underwent questioning.
Due to this incident, thousands of ojol drivers besieged the Brimob office successful the Kwitang area, Senen, Jakarta. The protestation continued until the aboriginal hours of Friday.
The Director of Public Affairs & Communications of GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GOTO), Ade Mulya, said the institution would supply compensation to the victim's families. "We volition supply compensation to the victims' families arsenic a signifier of support," said Ade successful the aboriginal greeting of Friday, August 29.
Ade besides assured that the institution would carnivore each the ceremonial expenses. "So far, we person assisted successful facilitating the ambulance, autopsy, and post-mortem examination," said Ade erstwhile met by reporters successful beforehand of the RSCM morgue.
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