Police Start Eye Gas Shots At Students

JAKARTA - The demonstration against the ratification of the revision of the Pilkada Law in front of the DPR RI Building, Central Jakarta, is still hot. Police officers began to shoot tear gas at the masses.

The shooting of tear gas was carried out by officers when the mass of action consisting of a number of students from various campuses stood in front of the main gate of the DPR RI then threw tires at the courtyard of the DPR building.

The crowd burned tires in front of the main gate of the DPR RI. Shortly thereafter the police on guard responded by firing water canons at students. So that it provoked the demonstrators by throwing stones and bottles.

On the other hand, the main gate side fence in front of the DPR RI building has not been successfully breached. However, the crowd tried to enter, as a result, the police responded to the police guarding by releasing tear gas.

"Yes, it was twice, bro. That's why we came out of there, we already used tear gas," said Ilham, one of the students to VOI, Thursday, August 22.