3 Tourism Activists Arrested By West Manggarai Police Officers, Until Now Still Intensively Examined

West Manggarai Police Chief AKBP Felli Hermanto (right) at a press conference in Labuan Bajo/ANTARA

MANGGARAI BARAT - The West Manggarai Police arrested three tourism activists in an action related to the termination of tourism services by a number of tourism actors in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, NTT.

"We are taking firm action against the masses to take information at the West Manggarai Police," said West Manggarai Police Chief AKBP Felli Hermanto at a press conference in Labuan Bajo, Antara, Monday, August 1.

The three tourism activists who were detained by the police at 14.00 WITA are still being investigated and have not been named as suspects. They were secured near the Perundi Labuan Bajo Hotel.

He said the security for the three people was related to security measures and protection of vital objects in Labuan Bajo, namely Komodo Airport, which is not far from the location.

This vital national object must be protected because it involves the livelihood of many people, so the police carried out security measures, including the three residents who were involved in the action who had attempted to enter the vital object.

"Because to avoid the seat or boycott and there is resistance to the officers on guard, we secure it," he asserted.

Felli emphasized that the safety of the people is the highest law in Indonesia, therefore the police will take firm action.

He also said that there was no notification regarding the actions of tourism actors in the Tourism Rescue Community Forum (FORMAP) in Labuan Bajo to the police.

"They are wild, there is no notification, everything is on the rails, we are walking on the rails," he added.