Netizens Insinuate Senayan Officers Ban Persons With Disabilities From Entering The GBK Area

Screen capture of a viral video on social media.

JAKARTA - The debate between people with disabilities and security guards at the entrance of GBK Senayan, Central Jakarta, circulated on social media. In the video, it can be seen that wheelchair users are prohibited from entering the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) area.

The video was uploaded on Instagram social media @koalisipejalankaki, Monday, December 27, evening. While it is written that the incident took place on Sunday, December 26, the night.

Embedded in the narration in the video post is, "GBK Gets a Red Card From Disability." The debate arose when officers forbade people with disabilities to be active in the GBK area.

In writing, the officer said that for the type of rules with wheels, bicycle roller skates, wheelchairs, scooters, it is forbidden to enter the area within GBK. For wheelchairs there must be assistance or must be accompanied.

Meanwhile, according to the disabled man who uses a wheelchair in the video, if it was a means of transportation, for me, the wheelchair is part of the body.

"If we wheelchair users are not allowed to go inside, this will injure us with disabilities, bro, I'm going to exercise inside, I'm not sick, I'm healthy. It's different, bro, I'm a disabled person, not sick," said a person with a disability in the uploaded video. the.

The video upload received comments from various parties. One of them is from the @ummarizka account, "Need a companion? That means friends with disabilities can't be independent? What kind of country is this, how come the people can't progress? The discrimination is very clear".

Then the next comment came from @danangsasongko, "It's funny @love_gbk yesterday's Asian Paralympic agenda, what if people with disabilities can't enter?

Meanwhile, when confirmed, the Head of Public Relations Division of PPK Gelora Bung Karno (GBK), Dwi Putranto, did not provide an answer.