JAKARTA - Officers from the Directorate of Narcotics Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya and Jakarta Satpol PP sealed the Koda Bar on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Kav 7-8, Central Jakarta, because they were naughty in holding a New Year 2021 party which was prohibited during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bar also violated the limits of cafe, bar and lounge operating hours during the implementation of the Transitional PSBB.
"The order was closed at 19.00 WIB but this was still open until 22.30 WIB and wanting the New Year 2021 party, no, crowding is killing," said the Director of the Metro Jaya Police Narcotics Detective Kombes Pol Mukti Juharsa after the health protocol raid at Koda Bar, Thursday night.
During the inspection, officers from the Directorate of Narcotics Research at Polda Metro Jaya found a guest list containing the names of 19 people who were going to attend the party at the Koda Bar, but when the officers visited it, only eight people were there.
Eight bar visitors and six employees were then carried by officers to the Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters for a COVID-19 swab test.
"We will swab at the office, if there is something positive, send it directly to the Wisma Atlet Hospital," he said.
Not only a swab test, the police also conduct urine tests on all visitors and bar employees to make sure they are free from drugs.
After emptying the bar, Satpol PP officers then sealed the place and officers from the Jakarta Police's Narcotics Research Directorate also installed a police line at Koda Bar.
Mukti said the PP and the police had sealed the Koda Bar and checked the bar's licensing status. "The Pol PP has sealed off and we police line this place. We first check whether the permit is there or not. Because this is an office but there is a pub or cafe," he said.
Prior to conducting the inspection at Koda Bar, joint officers from the Jakarta Metro Police Narcotics Detective Directorate and Jakarta Satpol PP together with the Jaya Regional Military Command and Military Police also conducted patrols in areas such as Mega Kuningan and Blok M, but the situation did not find any violations of health protocols in the form of crowds.
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