Police Arrest 20 Perpetrators Of Destruction Of TransJakarta Bus Stops During The Job Creation Act Demo

ILLUSTRATION / Metro Jaya Police Station (DOK.VOI)

JAKARTA - The police arrested 20 people who burned the TransJakarta bus stop when a demonstration against the Job Creation Law in Jakarta ended in chaos. The perpetrators are said to be divided into several groups.

"There are already 20 that we have secured with 4 groups," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Thursday, November 5.

Dozens of perpetrators are students, NGOs, unemployed to anarcho. However, the police are still developing an investigation into the case.

"Is that enough of the culprit? We are still exploring it, there are many others. We are still identifying," he said.

In development, the investigation team is still gathering evidence related to the burning incident at the stop. The community is also expected to be able to participate in helping the police work to provide evidence documents related to the perpetrators of the destruction of the TransJakarta bus stop.

"We hope that the public, if there is evidence of the videos, or photos of it at that time, will immediately give it to the police," said Yusri.

The demonstration which ended in chaos took place on October 8. Several TransJakarta bus stops and police posts were damaged and burned by rioters.

The police had arrested more than 1,000 people. But only 131 people were named suspects.

They were named suspects because they were involved in the destruction of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) building, the destruction of cars in Pejompongan, and acts of vandalism. But of the hundreds of suspects only half were detained.

"Until now, Polda Metro Jaya has named 131 people as suspects," said Head of Metro Jaya Police Inspector General Nana Sudjana to reporters, Monday, October 19.

"Of the suspects, the majority are mostly students, there are students, university students, unemployed students, the average is vocational school students, there are anarcho groups," said Nana.