The National Police Reform Acceleration Commission Asks For The Number Of Demo Participants Who Are Detained To Be Re-evaluated

Chairman of the National Police Reform Acceleration Committee Jimly Asshiddiqie/ Photo: Arie Kurnitsyah/VOI

Police Reform Commission Requests Reduction Of 1,038 Suspects In August Of Gray, Three Cases Become Priority Evaluation

JAKARTA - The Police Reform Acceleration Commission made a recommendation for the National Police to review the number of 1,038 people arrested in the demonstration incident at the end of last August.

Chairman of the National Police Reform Commission Prof. Jimly Asshiddiqie, after holding the 3rd Plenary Meeting at the Command Post for the Acceleration of Reform, Jakarta Sekatan said that the figure was too large and needed to be re-evaluated.

Among them is the police's response to activists participating in the August Kelabu demonstration, which recorded 1,038 people arrested and processed. Of these, it was agreed that the commission asked and recommended the National Police Chief to review it," Jimly told the media at the Police Reform Acceleration Commission Post Jl. Dharmawangsa Raya, Kby. Baru, South Jakarta, Thursday 4 December 2025.

According to Jimly, evaluation is necessary so that there is a possibility of reducing the number of suspects.

The goal is to reduce the number. Don't be 1,038. That includes too big, even though yesterday's demonstration was very massive. But we recommend this number to be evaluated so that it can be reduced," he said.

According to him, the handling of the alleged perpetrators needs special attention to women, people with disabilities, and children.

This vulnerable group is proposed to obtain a suspension of detention or special treatment in accordance with the provisions of legal protection.

"We ask for consideration, so that even if it cannot be removed from its status, it will be at least a suspension, suspended. So I repeat the group of women, disabled and the three children," he said.

In addition to general recommendations, the commission also highlighted three individual cases that considered need to be prioritized for review.