After Being In Sawah Besar, Banners Rejecting Nobar For The Screening Of The G30S/PKI Film Also Appeared In Menteng

JAKARTA - Banners refusing to watch together (nobar) the film G30S/PKI re-emerged at several points in the Menteng area, Central Jakarta.

According to information compiled by VOI, the refusal banners were put up directly by Menteng residents because they were worried that a new cluster would appear when they watched the film screening together.

The rejection was an effort to prevent a spike in COVID-19 cases in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

The Menteng Metro Police Chief Kompol Gunarto confirmed that the banners were installed directly by Menteng residents.

"It was the residents who did the installation. They didn't want anyone watching together which caused a crowd," said Kompol Gunarto when contacted, Thursday, September 30.

Gunarto said that the banners were put up by the residents as a form of voice and the wishes of the people of Menteng. As in RT 12, residents even made a statement regarding the rejection of the nobar.

"They don't want to join in in the midst of the current PPKM situation. Moreover, the COVID-19 virus has not disappeared," he said.