Four Sympathizers Of Rizieq Shihab Who Were Arrested In The COVID-19 Reactive East Jakarta District Court

JAKARTA - Hundreds of Rizieq Shihab sympathizers who came to the East Jakarta District Court on Thursday, June 24 were arrested. Of the hundreds of people, four were declared reactive for COVID-19 based on the results of the antigen test swab.

"Four reactive people at the Resort Police, we are still trying to check, we are handling it together with the COVID-19 Task Force," said East Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Erwin Kurniawan to reporters, Thursday, June 24.

Erwin said the four people were members of the crowd that were secured around the East Jakarta District Court. However, it was not from the masses who had been involved in clashes with members of the police at the Pondok Kopi Flyover.

"If there is no one on the flyover here, no one has been arrested," said Erwin.

Erwin detailed that at least 273 supporters of Rizieq Shihab were arrested this morning. Currently, they are being secured in three different locations.

"There are 152 at the Polres, the rest at the Polda are more than 100 and 21 at the Cakung Polsek," he said.

For information, supporters and sympathizers of Rizieq Shihab had packed the East Jakarta District Court. They decided to come because they were provoked by the words of the public prosecutor (JPU) who said that Rizieq's high priest status was just a figment.