Minister Yasonna's Clarification On Tanjung Priok

JAKARTA - Masses from Tanjung Priok took action in front of the office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, today. They demand a statement from the Minister of Law and Human Rights, Yasonna Laoly, that Tanjung Priok is synonymous with crime and poverty.

The protesters also demanded that the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly apologize for his remarks within 2x24 hours.

At 18.00 WIB, Menkumham Yasonna Laoly held a press conference addressing the Tanjung Priok polemic. Meanwhile, the residents of Tanjung Priok have been in action from morning to evening.

Before delivering his apology, Yasonna said, there were parties who deliberately twisted his words.

"Actually, what I am conveying is only scientific. It should be responded to scientifically, not politically, because I feel that there are things that are twisted so that there is confusion of information that reaches the public which causes differences of opinion," he said in a press conference at the Directorate General's building. Immigration, Kuningan, South Jakarta, Wednesday, January 22.

According to Yasonna, the aim at that time was not to insult an area or the people in that area. The goal is for all circles to understand that crime is a social product and must be corrected.

"Improving the social conditions that have generated the root crisis of crime is the main explanation. Even if the location of the place was not intended, not intended to that way. But there are certain people who do not fully understand it, so they do not see it completely , "he explained.

According to him, what he said at the 2020 correctional resolution event at the Class IIA Jakarta Narcotics Prison was in no way intended to offend the residents of Tanjung Priok.

"It was not meant to offend my brothers in Tanjung Priok, it is not intended to that way. Because at the event there was the Head of the BNN, the Head of the BNPT," he said.

In addition, Yasonna also invited the public to ask BNN or BNPT or Polri about what was actually conveyed, so that there would be no misunderstandings.

After that, Yasonna apologized if he offended the Tanjung Priok residents.

"It turns out that different interpretations have developed in the mass media and the wider public. So that my brothers and sisters in Tanjung Priok feel offended. So I apologize. Once again I want to say that I do not have the slightest intention like that, I emphasize this," he said.

Yasonna hopes that everyone can reunite with fellow children of the nation to build this nation. Because, he said, the public could be disadvantaged by debates that sparked unnecessary confusion.

"I will find the right time to meet community leaders in Tanjung Priok later," he said.