Tense Demo, UI BEM Chairman Disappointed with Police Blocking at HI Roundabout Area

JAKARTA - Thousands of students and civil society alliances held a demonstration in front of the UOB building, Jalan MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta on Friday, June 12, 2026.

The mass group had a dispute with the police who were on duty because they were blocking.

However, the tension only occurred in the form of push-and-shove actions between the demonstrators and the police who carried out the blockade of the mass.

The estimated mass of students at that point was around 1,000 people. As a result of the demonstration, access along Jalan MH Thamrin to Bundaran HI was isolated.

The chairman of the UI BEM, Yatalathof Ma'sgum Imawan alias Athof expressed his disappointment at the unilateral blockade by the police.

He claimed to have sent an official notification letter to hold an action at HI Roundabout, but the plan was actually broken by the police and shifted the location of the demonstration.

"Everything was intercepted. You were also forced to demonstrate in the DPR. In fact, we planned and sent a letter to the Police to hold an action at the HI roundabout," he said.

Until the evening, thousands of people were still staying at the location to voice their demands to the government of President RI Prabowo Subianto.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Jakarta Central Metro Police, Kombes Reynold Hutagalung, has not been confirmed regarding the current situation in the area.