JAKARTA - Hinca Panjaitan, a member of Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR), expressed his astonishment at the speed of a Brimob tactical vehicle (Rantis) that ran over an online motorcycle taxi (ojol) driver, killing him in the Pejompongan area of Central Jakarta, during a demonstration on Thursday evening, August 28th.
Hinca made this statement after viewing a video circulating on social media of the Brimob Rantis running over the driver.
According to Hinca, the Rantis usually drives slowly and with great caution, especially in crowded areas. Therefore, he will question the National Police directly during a working meeting at the House of Representatives (DPR) scheduled for next week.
"I think it will take time to ask the National Police leadership about this. Because the video that circulated, I also watched the situation briefly, from one perspective, of course we regret it. We really regret it to such an extent. But again, from our perspective, based on the video that circulated, it was from that one angle, and it was going very fast, and then the accident happened," Hinca said on Friday, August 29th.
Hinca admitted he only dared to comment after seeing videos of the chaotic demonstrations that occurred in several areas, particularly the incident where a motorcycle taxi (ojol) was run over by a Brimob vehicle (Tantis Brimob). He also deplored the violence used by officers in their attempts to disperse the crowd.
"What I saw, the video that's circulating, I think everyone has the same information. So I can only comment. I deeply regret how that happened. It should have slowed down, because it was pushing," he said.
According to Hinca, the vehicle shouldn't have been traveling as fast as the one captured in the video. The police officer on duty should have understood the standard operating procedures (SOP) for operating the vehicle through a crowd.
"Once again, we regret that this happened. Our friends in the police should have fully understood the SOP and could have assessed the situation correctly. Because the vehicle is powerful enough to handle crowds, it should have been able to read the situation. And judging by its speed, I've never seen it disperse a crowd that quickly," Hinca said.
"Usually, it's just slow, then it moves backwards, shifts, that's what I see," he added.
Therefore, Hinca confirmed that Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) will question the profiles of the police personnel inside the Brimob vehicle in a joint working meeting with the National Police next week.
"Of course, I say it again, in the meeting with the National Police leadership in the next few weeks, we will definitely ask about what it was like and so on. As you guys have asked. I also don't have enough data yet on what was asked about. Unless we've only seen the video, that's what's circulating," he said.
"But it's enough to convey our empathy for the victims, especially the community," Hinca concluded.
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