Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat In The Direction Of The State Palace Has Begun To Be Closed By A 2 Meter High Barrier Fence Block

Police officers closed the road in the Harmoni area/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The two sides of the vehicle lane section on Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Gambir District, Harmoni Area, Central Jakarta began to be closed on Thursday, April 21, afternoon. Closure of road access by using black and white barrier blockade measuring about 2 meters high.

The closing was carried out by joint TNI and Polri officers at around 15.00 WIB. The closure of the access route to the State Palace, Central Jakarta from the Kota Tua area, West Jakarta was carried out to dispel mass demonstrations that assessed that the Jokowi-MA regime failed to prosper the people.

However, according to VOI monitoring at the location, as of 15.10 WIB, there was no visible point of arrival of the mass of protest participants from around the State Palace area.

However, joint officers have been on standby with a number of security technical equipment that has been prepared at the location.

Meanwhile, access to vehicle traffic from Jalan Veteran to Jalan Suryopranoto is still normal and smooth. Meanwhile, vehicles from Jalan Suryopranoto that turned towards Jalan Hayam Wuruk also did not have a density.

The Head of Traffic for the Central Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Purwanta, confirmed that there had been a closure of vehicle traffic access in the Harmoni area, Gambir.

"It has been partially closed. But for the Harmoni area there is no (mass demonstration) yet," he said.