The 270 People Seized During Yesterday's Demo Are All New

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JAKARTA - The police arrested 270 people during a demonstration against the Job Creation Act on October 20. However, that number is an accumulation of the Polres management ranks.

"Polda Mertro Jaya has secured 33 people, 270 of them have reached the area of the police ranks of both Central Jakarta, Tangerang City, East Jakarta, Bekasi," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Wednesday, October 21.

From the data collection, said Yusri, the hundreds of people were not previously secured. "Because you have already made a statement, if you repeat, you will act according to the law. Because everything is recorded," he said.

According to Yusri, of the hundreds of people who were arrested, they have already been sent home. Before being sent home, his party had already collected data.

"Then yesterday we secured 270 people we returned them. But with the same mechanism," he said.

Previously it was reported, the Head of Metro Jaya Police, Inspector General Nana Sudjana, said that his party had arrested 33 people suspected of being anarcho groups from students who were at the location of the demonstration against the Job Creation Law.

The demonstration against the Job Creation Law which took place on Tuesday, October 20 involved students and workers. The demonstration times went safely.