Police Say Several Cars Burned At East Jakarta Police Headquarters Were Official Police Vehicles

The mob vented its anger by setting fire to the East Jakarta Metro Police headquarters and several police vehicles parked in the basement. (Photo: (Rizky Sulistio/VOI)

JAKARTA - The East Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) confirmed that all the vehicles burned during the riot in front of the East Jakarta Metro Police Station on Matraman Street, Jatinegara, were official police vehicles.

"All the burned vehicles were official vehicles," said the Head of the East Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit, AKBP Dicky Fertoffan, on Saturday, August 30, 2025.

The outburst of anger that led to the riot was the result of protests over the death of an online motorcycle taxi driver named Affan Kurniawan, who was run over by a Brimob tactical vehicle (Rantis) in the Tanah Abang area of ​​Central Jakarta.

The large-scale protests then spread to all police stations in Jakarta.

The riot, which initially occurred only in front of the Brimob Headquarters of the Jakarta Metro Police in Kwitang, Central Jakarta, then spread to other police stations.

East Jakarta, a region not usually a hotspot for demonstrations, was now affected. The East Jakarta Metro Police Station was stormed by the mob, resulting in vandalism.

"Several vehicles were damaged. The police station gate, including the windows. The damage to the others is still being checked," he said.

As previously reported, the aftermath of the protests over the death of online motorcycle taxi (Ojol) driver Affan Kurniawan, who was run over by a Brimob tactical vehicle (Rantis) led to mass riots in East Jakarta.

The protests, which initially clashed in front of the Brimob Headquarters (Mako Brimob) of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya), in Kwitang, Senen, Central Jakarta, on Friday, August 29, then spread to East Jakarta.

Several police stations in East Jakarta were targeted by an unidentified mob in the early hours of Saturday, August 30, 2025.

The mob vented their anger by setting fire to the East Jakarta Metropolitan Police headquarters and several police vehicles parked in the basement of the police station.

Furthermore, the riots also spread to several parked cars near the East Jakarta Metropolitan Police headquarters, on Matraman Street Raya, across from City Plaza Mall, Jatinegara, East Jakarta.