Pangdam Jaya Calls The Majority Of The Mass Action In The Last Week Of STM Students

Panglima Komando Daerah Militer Jayakarta (Pangdam Jaya) Maj. Gen. Deddy Suryadi (Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Commander of the Jayakarta Military Regional Command (Pangdam Jaya) Maj. Gen. Deddy Suryadi revealed that the majority of the mass demonstrations in the past week were STM and high school students.

Apart from that, the mass of action that took to the streets came from groups of students, workers or laborers, to residents.

This was revealed by Asep after a coordination meeting of the DKI Jakarta Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda) with the Governor of DKI Jakarta Pramono Anung and the Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri.

"We need to convey that this is now more for many high school and STM children," said Deddy at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, September 1.

Deddy apologized to the people whose comfort was disturbed by the demonstration which led to clashes with officials in several areas.

"If we express opinions, suggestions and it will certainly be in accordance with the constitution. But when we commit anarchic actions, we will take firm action together," said Deddy.

Meanwhile, Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri revealed that 1,240 people had been arrested in a demonstration that led to clashes from Monday, August 25 to Sunday, August 31.

The arrests of thousands of people were spread over a number of points, such as in front of the DPR RI building, around the Metro Jaya Police Headquarters, the Mako Brimob Kwitang area, the North Jakarta Metro Police, the Tanah Abang area, and other locations.

"Polda Metro Jaya, from the beginning of the incident until now it has arrested around 1,240, of which they come from areas outside Jakarta, some from West Java, some from Java, from Banten," said Asep.

Polda Metro Jaya noted that the mass demonstrations in a number of areas came from various community groups, ranging from workers, students, teachers, to students who participated in demonstrations.