Police Name 9 Suspects Of Residents Clashing In Timika

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TIMIKA - The Mimika Police Criminal and Investigation Unit investigators have named nine people as suspects in a dispute between two groups of residents around Jayanti Square, Jalan Yos Sudarso, Sempan.

Head of Mimika Police Ops AKP Dionisius VD Paron Helan said the nine people were named as suspects because one person was proven to have assaulted him, while eight others were proven to have vandalized.

There were also residents who were detained by the police during the clashes on Sunday, November 21, totaling 28 people. Other residents who are declared not proven to have committed a criminal act have been returned to their respective homes, but are still subject to a mandatory report.

"According to the leadership's orders, anyone who commits inappropriate acts, attacks, destroys, and disturbs public order must take firm action in accordance with the provisions of the law in force in this country," said Dionisius.

From police information, the perpetrators have repeatedly taken similar actions so that strict action is needed to process the law for those who are considered to have disrupted the security and security situation in the Timika City area.

Currently, the officers are still looking for the whereabouts of several people suspected of participating in violent acts in the form of vandalizing food stalls, kiosks and houses of residents in front of Jayanti Square, Jalan Yos Sudarso, Sempan, Timika.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Mimika Police Iptu Bertu Haridyka Eka Anwar said the identities of the nine suspects in the dispute around Jayanti Square, Sempan, Timika consisted of E, who was suspected of committing a criminal act of persecution.

Furthermore, suspects A, H, H, I, M, N, O, and R are suspected of destroying kiosks, stalls, workshops, and residential houses.