The National Police Chief Will Look For Actors To Riots

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo stated that he would investigate intellectual actors to the financiers behind the riots that occurred in various parts of Indonesia.

The riots caused various public facilities to be badly damaged.

"Yes, of course, the National Police will move according to the evidence in the field, we will start from the facts we can continue to look for, both the perpetrators in the field, the actors, who will finance everything we will look for," Sigit told reporters at the Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Monday, September 1.

Sigit also emphasized that the parties who were proven to be involved in the riots would be processed in accordance with legal regulations.

Based on the data, as many as 3,195 people related to the riots that occurred in the period 25 to 31 August 2025.

Of that number, 387 of them have been sent home. Meanwhile, 2,753 are still in the process of being investigated. In addition, 55 people have been named suspects in the riots.

"We will arrest the perpetrators of the rioters and process them in accordance with applicable legal regulations," he said.

The decisive action taken by the National Police is in line with the order of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, who asked the Police and the TNI to work together to restore Indonesia's conduciveness.

That way, community activities will return to normal. This will also have an impact on increasing or economic growth.

"His order is to immediately restore security, restore the existing situation so that people can carry out their activities, the economy can grow again," said Sigit.