7 Brawl Actions In South Jakarta Successfully Thwarted, Police Confiscate Large Sickles

South Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Ade Ary/ Photo: Antara

The seven brawl plans that will be held in a number of areas in South Jakarta have been thwarted by the South Jakarta Metro Police and Polda Metro Jaya. The failure of the brawl plan was carried out in seven different locations in the Tebet, Pancoran, Cilandak, Setiabudi, and Jagakarsa areas, from Saturday 9 September to Monday morning, September 11, at around 01.00 to 05.00 WIB.

"Of the seven thwarting acts, we have arrested 38 people, 6 of whom are adults or over the age of 18 and 32 are children, the youngest is 16 years old," said South Jakarta Police Chief Kombes Ade Ary Syam Indradi to the media crew in Jakarta, Monday, September 11.

Ade added that 38 perpetrators consisted of junior high school students, vocational schools, and several people who did not attend school.

From the search results, Ade said the perpetrators planned a brawl via Instagram and the WhatsApp group.

"The way they gather and do a brawl, the first is they make an appointment via an Instagram account, the second is an appointment to gather to attack one of the other school students via WhatsApp group," said Ade.

The evidence that the police managed to secure includes 11 sickles, one bow, one saw machete, one golf club, and several cell phones and two-wheeled vehicles.

Until now, Ade said the police were still investigating how the perpetrators got the sharp weapon. In addition, the police are still exploring the roles of the six adults involved in the brawl.

Ade said the case would be further processed regarding allegations of illegal possession of sharp weapons to several perpetrators who were found to be carrying sharp weapons.

"We will apply this Emergency Law Number 12 of 1951, with a maximum penalty of 10-12 years," said Ade.

Then, if several suspects have been named based on the facts of the actions found in the field, Ade said that his party was working with the South Jakarta Education Sub-dept. to revoke the Jakarta Smart Card (KJP) owned by students involved in the brawl.