JAKARTA - A number of demonstrators were successfully pushed back by joint officers from the Central Jakarta Metro Police, reaching the TVRI TV station from Jalan Jenderal Gatot Soebroto, in front of the Indonesian Parliament Building, Central Jakarta, on Monday, August 25, 2025, at around 1:00 PM WIB.
"Come on, members, move forward, the masses retreat," said Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Senior Commissioner Susatyo Purnomo Condro, from atop a command vehicle.
The crowd, pressed back, slowly retreated, occasionally clashing with shield-wielding officers. Furthermore, the crowd spray-painted insults on the flyover wall in front of Spark Senayan.
"3 million a day?" and "#Indonesiasoldout."
"Indonesia 2030 disband," the crowd wrote in black spray paint.
After successfully pushing back the crowd, the joint officers then withdrew their forces and returned to the front of the Indonesian Parliament building.
"Dalmas (Commanders) are preparing to retreat to Ladogi. Retreat in an orderly manner until they form up again," said the Police Chief.
Previously, several demonstrators in front of the DPR building suffered broken bones from being hit by water cannons fired by security forces.
One protester, a resident of Tanjung Priok, suffered a dislocated or dislocated spine. Another, a student, suffered a broken leg.
"From Priok, (how could it be dislocated, ed.) I was shot, water cannon," said a resident lying in front of the concrete fence at the main gate of the DPR/MPR building on Jalan Gatot Soebroto, Senayan, Central Jakarta, Monday, August 25.
The man, who did not want to give his name, appeared relaxed, but then groaned in pain when he moved his shoulder.
He admitted to being confused by the water cannon, even though he believed the demonstration proceeded without violence.
"(I was, ed.) I was dazed, shot, came with my little brother, I was really desperate (for shoulder pain)," he said.
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