Laskar FPI Shot Dead By Police, DPR Member: If There Is Resistance From The Police, It Must Be Firm

Metro Jaya Police Department (VOI)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission I DPR Abdul Kadir Karding said that the police must act decisively if there is resistance while on duty. According to him the police worked according to the procedure when they shot dead 6 special laskar Rizieq Shihab who carried out the attack.

"I think if there is real resistance, the police have to be firm because they are afraid of endangering field officers and maybe they have done it according to existing procedures," Karding told reporters, Monday, December 7.

Karding assessed that this kind of firm action was also impossible as long as it was carried out without a reason, especially if the police were suddenly attacked using sharp weapons.

"For what, so that in the country there should not be groups or individuals who can arbitrarily make threats, take actions that endanger other people or formally violate the law," he said.

If there are parties who are not satisfied, this politician from the National Justice Party (PKB) said that objections to police actions can be submitted to the police.

"So, I think what the police have done is right and we need to support it," he said.

Previously, the police attack by the Rizieq Shihab laskar took place around 00.30 WIB Monday, early morning. Metro Jaya Regional Police Chief Inspector General Fadil Imran said that the police had received news that a mass of supporters of Rizieq Shihab would be deployed in connection with an investigation called Inspector General Fadil circulating in many WhatsApp groups.

The Regional Police investigated the accuracy of the information and followed the vehicle Rizieq was in. Furthermore, on the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, Fadil said the officers' vehicles were intercepted and then attacked using firearms and sharp weapons.

"Members who were threatened with their safety because they were attacked, then took a firm measure of measure, so that the group suspected of being MRS followers, totaling 10, died as many as 6 people," said Fadil.

However, this was denied by the FPI Spokesperson, Munarman. Munarman emphasized that Rizieq made a trip to attend recitation at the residence of his immediate family.

"The news is slander. Habib Rizieq is heading outside Jakarta to attend the nuclear family recitation. I do not want to mention where it is. This is only a nuclear family recitation, it does not involve any parties," said Munarman.

In addition, he emphasized that the FPI laskar were never equipped with firearms. He asked the authorities to provide real information about the shooting incident.

"It is impossible for us to buy (firearms, ed) from the black market. So it's a lie, a lie at all. Every FPI member is prohibited from carrying sharp weapons, firearms, even explosives. So, these are attempts to slander, distort the facts," he said. Munarman.