A Videdo Of A Tak Going Down The Road To Halt Homecoming Travelers Goes VIral, This Is The Response From The National Army

JAKARTA - A viral video on social media shows the National Army (TNI) members in the middle of the road to signal a tank.

The video, which is about 30 seconds long, was allegedly shot by a man. He said the combat vehicle was used to dispel homecoming travelers.

"The confinement of homecoming at the Bekasi-Bogor border. The TNI disembarked the steel tank, which will fire at those who perform Eid homecoming", said the man who recorded the video which went viral.

Responding to this, the Head of the Indonesian Army Information Service, General Tatang Subrana, said that this tank was not intentionally deployed to keep out homecoming travelers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He said the tank was heading to the training location which was close to the blocked area of the homecoming flow.

"It was a training activity, it happened to be close to the place where the homecoming flow was blocked", said Tatang when contacted by reporters, Friday, May 7.

The tank was also not long in the location to provide security, such as the narration conveyed by the video recorder.

"(The tank stayed on location, red) only for a while", he said.

As is well known, people are prohibited from performing Eid Al-Fitr homecoming this year, starting from May 6 to 17, 2021. However, there are some parties who are allowed to travel, namely for official travel and urgent needs.

Private vehicle users must also have an SIKM or official certificate. If not, the vehicle will be asked to turn back to where they came from.