There Is A Leaflet Calling For Riots Ahead Of The Demonstration In Bali, The Police Conduct An Investigation

Karo Penmas, National Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Awi Setiyono (Photo: Police Public Relations)

JAKARTA - The police found a leaflet containing an invitation and incitement to loot and destroy in Denpasar, Bali. The leaflets were stuck at several points in the City of the Gods.

"(The leaflet) contains an invitation or incitement to commit a criminal act in the form of the words 'attack, destroy, loot and burn'," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Awi Setiyono to reporters, Thursday, October 22.

The leaflet was previously mentioned in the name of a national action to move together to cancel the Omnibus Law on Job Creation. The leaflet is said to have been made by the Student Executive Board (BEM) of Udayana University and the Bali Legal Aid Institute (LBH). This was denied by them.

"After being clarified to the BEM of Udayana University and LBH Bali, they were not the ones who made the leaflets," he said.

With no knowledge of the mastermind behind the patching and the maker of the leaflets, the Bali Police mobilized its members to investigate. For now, the leaflets have been removed so as not to affect the community.

"The joint team from Ditreskrimum and Ditintelkam Polda Vali will investigate and reveal who the perpetrator is," he said.

A number of steps have been taken by the police to anticipate a riot due to the emergence of these leaflets. One of them is by appealing through social media.

"Make appeals via radio, social media, not to be influenced by the incitement and of course make appeals to parents who have sons and daughters not to be provoked and consumed by the issue," he said.

Meanwhile, a demonstration against the Job Creation Act is taking place in Bali. A number of elements are involved in the action.