JAKARTA - Four people suspected of being the perpetrators of arson of motorbikes at the police service during a demonstration at the Jambi Governor's office were arrested. The action on Tuesday, October 20, was known to have turned violent.
Head of Public Relations of the Jambi Regional Police, Kombes Kuswahyudi Tresnadi, confirmed that the four perpetrators of the burning of the motorbike belonging to the Polda members had been arrested and are now in the process of being investigated by police investigators.
Tresnadi said the four perpetrators were already suspects and they were charged under Article 170 of the Criminal Code with a five-year prison sentence.
The four perpetrators were Muhammad Ghadafi (20), a resident of Jalan Barau Barau RT 20 Pakuan Baru Village, Jambi Selatan District, Jambi City; Adithiya Nugroho S (20), a resident of Jalan A. Tarmizi Kadir, RT. 10 Pakuan Baru Village, South Jambi District, Jambi City.
Then, Alviolan Firmando (18), a resident of RT. 003 RW. 001 Suko Rawo Village, Jaluko District, Muaro Jambi Regency and Fahri Ramdhani.
The perpetrators were arrested in two different places in Jambi, namely for the perpetrators Muhammad Ghadafi and Adithiya Nugroho were arrested on Thursday, October 29 at Amanda Cofee in the area behind SMA Unggul Sakti, Talang Banjar Village, East Jambi District, Jambi City.
The suspect Alviolan Firmando was arrested at his house in Suko Raw Village, Jaluko District, Muaro Jambi Regency, while Fahri Ramadhani was arrested in front of the Postgraduate Campus, Jambi University, Telanaipura shortly after damaging the official motorbike belonging to the Ditsamapta member.
Tresnadi said the four suspects had different roles in carrying out the action when the police motorbike burned.
"Nugroho was the perpetrator who moved the official motorbike from the side of the road to the middle of the road. While Ghadafi was the perpetrator who burned the motorbike using burning tires, while Ramadhani and Firmando threw stones and damaged the official motorbike," said Kuswahyudi Tresnadi, quoted by Antara, Monday, 2 November.
"The perpetrators are no longer students. Two of them are former students and have been expelled from campus, while the other two are unemployed," he explained.
From their hands, the police confiscated a number of pieces of evidence, such as clothes worn during the demonstration and videos circulating on social media.
"This disclosure is based on the video that was circulating and the clothes they wore during the demonstration," said Kuswahyudi.
Currently, the four of them have been investigated by the Jambi Regional Police's Ditreskrimum Team of Investigators.
As previously reported, the demonstration against the Omnibus Law on Tuesday, October 20 was marked by rioting between the police and demonstrators. Tear gas casings were fired several times to disperse the crowd.
The situation heated up on Tuesday evening when the crowd withdrew and returned to the Jambi University campus, but suddenly, a police motorbike driven by two members of Ditsamapta Polda Jambi were taken hostage by students, before being damaged and burned.
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