Fifa Executive Karaoke's Voice Has Often Listened, Banyumas Demo Residents Ask Owners To Install DEALERs

The coordinator of the resident representative, Suko Madyo Susilo, had a dialogue with the Deputy Head of the Banyumas Police, AKBP Hendri Yulianto (left)/ANTARA.

BANYUMAS - Around 50 residents who are members of the United Mangunjaya Citizens Forum held a demonstration to protest the noise of music caused by the Fifa Executive Karaoke entertainment venue in Purwokerto Lor Village, Banyumas Regency, Central Java. Before visiting the karaoke place located on Jalan Stadion Widodo, Purwokerto Lor Village, East Purwokerto District, Banyumas, Thursday afternoon, the masses who were representatives of residents of RT 05, 06, and 07 RW 03 Purwokerto Lor Village first held an oration and put up a number of posters on the edge of Jalan Overste Isdiman. Furthermore, residents walked to a karaoke place about 150 meters from Jalan Overste Isdiman escorted by the Banyumas City Police (Polresta) personnel. Arriving in front of the karaoke place, residents again voiced their aspirations for the owner of the entertainment venue to improve the sound damping system according to the agreement in several previous meetings. Deputy Head of the Banyumas Police, AKBP Hendri Yulianto, who was at the place also met representatives of residents and invited them to mediate with the management of karaoke places. After mediating for approximately 30 minutes, representatives of residents came out of the karaoke place with faces disappointed because they were only met by the manager, not the owner of the entertainment venue. The resident representative coordinator, Suko Madyo Susilo, said that in the previous meeting, the owner of the karaoke place stated his ability to eliminate live music and disc jockey (DJ) performances and no noise or noise leaks from the entertainment venue so as not to disturb the environment. "But now Mr. Norman (the owner of a karaoke place) doesn't exist," he said. Despite being met by management representatives, he said the managers always violated the consensus that had been mutually agreed upon. Managers have expressed their ability to submit complaints from residents to karaoke owners but there are still leaks or noise disturbing the environment. "Owner is not wholeheartedly realizing the demands of the residents who are very simple, very simple. His voice should not come out, there is a business, we do not interfere, boro-boro can provide benefits, we ask not to interfere, just like that," he said. Susilo said the noise from the karaoke place that operates every day from 21.00 WIB to 02.00 WIB is very disturbing to residents. In fact, he said, a number of houses, which are located very close to karaoke places, are inhabited by many elderly people who are sickly. Asked about the results of the mediation, he said residents did not want to make an agreement before meeting the owner of the karaoke place. "I don't want an agreement before we meet with the owner. Now what are we here to do, there are no owners," he said. He ensured that residents only wanted to improve the sound damping system so that there would be no leaks that would disturb the environment. If the silence is not finished, he said, residents hope that music performances will be eliminated and when the silence is ready, voice checks will be carried out together to ensure that there is no leakage. In addition, he continued, his party also always coordinates with Bhabinkamtibmas and Babinsa so that residents do not take bad actions against the karaoke place. When met by reporters, Marketing Manager of Fifa Executive Karaoke Karel said the problem had been resolved because there had been an agreement with the residents. "The request is indeed to be here, in the lounge it does stop for now," he said.

He admitted that the sound of music from the relaxed room (lounge) penetrated out, thus disturbing the residents. Therefore, he said, the management agreed to the residents' demands regarding the installation of sound damping in that place.