Public Facilities Damaged Due To Demonstrations In Jakarta, Losses Reaches IDR 50.4 Billion

JAKARTA - Damage to public facilities ranging from MRT Jakarta station, Transjakarta bus stop, to CCTV due to recent demonstrations caused losses of Rp50.4 billion.

For your information, the demonstration took place a few days starting from August 25, then it continued until August 31, 2025. One of the demands in the action was the cancellation of the increase in allowances for members of the DPR RI.

Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian revealed that the losses of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov) consisted of Rp3.3 billion for MRT, Rp41.6 billion for Transjakarta facilities, and Rp5.5 billion for CCTV.

Tito said that this action initially took place at the DPR RI Building on August 25, the masses demanded the cancellation of the increase in allowances for members of the DPR, transparency of the DPR salaries and allowances, and rejection of the RKUHP.

The action, continued Tito, continued until August 28, and was heating up after the death toll.

"The point continues until the August 28 action and an incident occurred which caused the situation to heat up, namely an online motorcycle taxi driver who was run over by the police horses, and triggered a hotter action in various regions," Tito said at a regional inflation meeting in 2025, Selesa, September 2.

Tito said that his party had recorded 107 action points in 32 provinces since August 25, 2025. Apart from Jakarta, the affected area is South Sulawesi.

There was a burning of the Makassar City DPRD building which left three people dead and five others injured.

Kemudian, kantor Sekretariat DPRD Solo turut juga dibakar. Lalu gedung Grahadi di Surabaya dibakar, 11 pos polisi rusak berat atau terbakar.

Di Kota Kediri, Gedung DPRD dibakar dan dijarah, dan kantor Satlantas Polres Kota Kediri dilempari, dan kendaraan barang bukti di rusak.

“Kalau Kita lihat dari data DKI Jakarta, Kota Makassar, Surakarta, Surabaya, Kediri baik DPRD maupun Kantor Pemkab, Mataram NTB, Bandung, Semarang, Brebes, Pekalongan, Tegal, Cilacap, Kediri, Kebumen, Jepara, Malang, Cirebon, Banyumas, Banjar, Jambi, Tasikmalaya, Palembangdan Palopo mengalami kerusakan di kantor DPRD dan fasilitas umum,” ucap Tito.

Then, the Solo DPRD Secretariat office was also burned down. Then the Grahadi building in Surabaya was burned, 11 police posts were heavily damaged or burned.

In Kediri City, the DPRD Building was burned and looted, and the Kediri City Police Traffic Unit office was thrown, and the evidence was damaged.

"If we look at the data from DKI Jakarta, Makassar City, Surakarta, Surabaya, Kediri both DPRD and the Office of the Regency Government, Mataram NTB, Bandung, Semarang, Brebes, Pekalongan, Tegal, Cilacap, Kediri, Kebumen, Jepara, Malang, Cirebon, Banyumas, Banjar, Jambi, Tasikmalaya, Palembangdan Palopo, damaged the DPRD offices and public facilities," said Tito.