Hundreds of employees from a number of Marinatama Mangga Dua shops, North Jakarta, vented their protests in front of the gate of the fence, Monday, January 5, 2026.
They put up a banner that read "Please listen to our voice, the fate of small people, who are always victims of policies that are not in favor" at the gate of the entrance gate of the shop.
The protest action occurred because the workers and shop owners could not enter their workplaces, after the shop managers under the auspices of Inkopal locked the access gate.
According to AY, one of the workers who took part in the protest, he was shocked when he was going to work in his office he couldn't get in because the gate was locked.
"He wants it to be opened again, it's so difficult. We also have to find food for our families. Hopefully it will be reopened," AY told reporters at the location.
"We can eat from this work, if it's like this, it's called suffering the poor. Unemployment can increase," he added.
This demonstration was filled with shouts of aspirations to the area managers and security officers, the National Police and the TNI who were at the location.
The same thing was also said by KI, another company employee. According to KI, the unilateral effort to get rid of the workers was carried out by the management since Sunday.
"Initially the water was turned off, then the sticker was placed that this shop had to be vacated. Then the locking of the padlock in our shop on Sunday, when we were on vacation they acted on their own without informing us. Only today we have voiced our voices," he said.
Meanwhile, the lawyer for the residents, Subali, said that his party had held an audience, or mediation, between residents and managers. Meanwhile, the legal process at the Jakarta PTUN is still ongoing.
"The mediation meeting from the government side, namely the Minister of Defense and the Navy, was represented by Colonel Soni. There is also the MMD manager, Major Edy. Meanwhile, from the residents' side, I was represented by myself and Mr. Wisnu as the head of the community and Mr. Robet's mentor," said Subali.
According to Subali from the Ministry of Defense, they will not intervene in relation to the problem.
"Regarding the looting here, the residents are allowed to take goods at any time that are in their shops with the coordination of permission from the manager there. It was agreed," he said.
Subali explained that the activities at the MMD Pademangan shop were also related to the agenda of the continuation of the local examination (PS) hearing by the Jakarta PTUN on the object of dispute in case 236 PTUN. However, the PS hearing was postponed until next week, namely Monday, January 12, 2026.
"So, actually today is the local examination (PS) event for the object of dispute in case 236 of the PTUN. At the same time, a demonstration related to the existence of leaflets from Inkopal which indicates that no one should enter and if they enter they are subject to Article 257 of the Criminal Code. Therefore, even though the PS has been postponed, the demonstration will still go ahead," he said.
Meanwhile, as of Monday afternoon, the Inkopal management and related parties, namely the Head of the Kodaeral III Division, had not provided official statements when confirmed by VOI.
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