1,271 Police Guard For International Human Rights Day Commemoration At The Horse Statue And GBK

Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Komarudin. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The police deployed 1,271 personnel to secure two demonstrations to commemorate International Human Rights Day (HAM).

One of them was a labor demonstration at the Horse Statue area, Central Jakarta.

"Today's demonstration will indeed be centralized to both of the labor groups, yes. It will be centered on the Horse Statue," said Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Komarudin to reporters, Saturday, December 10.

The number of personnel deployed is quite large. Because, from the notification letter received, there are also other activities that take place in the Bung Karno Gelora (GBK) area.

"Because there are activities that also take place, GBK also has activities," he said.

With these several activities, Komarudin appealed to the action participants to comply with the regulations to be orderly during the demonstration. Of course, according to the applicable law.

"Our appeal is for anyone who will express their opinions in public as regulated in the law, of course we must be able to comply with various applicable laws and regulations," said Komarudin.

Meanwhile, traffic flow engineering schemes were also implemented related to demonstrations. The Medan Merdeka Barat Road section will be closed.

"Yes, the Medan Merdeka Barat road in both directions will be closed," said Head of Traffic at the Central Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Purwanta.

It is said that the engineering of traffic flow has been in effect since 09.00 WIB.

Then, the future will also be directed to the Horse Statue as a point of demonstration.