Police Leave The Case Of The Waria Beauty Contest To The Satpol PP To Be Processed

Joint team from the Sawah Besar Police, Sawah Besar Koramil, Central Jakarta Tourism Sub-dept. and Central Jakarta Satpol PP/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The case of a transgender beauty contest or transgender contest held at the Orchardz Hotel, Sawah Besar District, Central Jakarta is handled by a joint team from the Sawah Besar Police, Sawah Besar Koramil, Central Jakarta Tourism Sub-dept. and Central Jakarta Satpol PP.

"Earlier, during the meeting we conveyed it to Pak Purba (Kasatpol PP Central Jakarta) and it will be followed up (Satpol PP)," said Sawah Besar Police Chief, Kompol Dhanar Dhono Vernandhie to VOI, Wednesday, August 7.

Although there is no criminal element, the Event Organizer (EO) or organizers and hotels are threatened with receiving a written warning for violating permits.

Currently, the Sawah Besar Police are examining five witnesses from two Hotel representatives and three from EO as well as the chairman of the event committee.

Based on the results of the examination, the National Police emphasized that they had never issued a crowd permit for the event.

According to Kompol Dhanar, crowd permits are regulated in Perpol Number 7 of 2023, which includes activities such as festivals and other major events.

"There is no crowd permit issued by us, and no permit application has been received. We deeply regret this," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Central Jakarta Satpol PP, Tumbur Parluhutan Purba, added that his party would impose sanctions in the form of minor crimes against hotels and EO organizers.

"After going viral, the Satpol PP will follow up with a light criminal sanction at the Central Jakarta District Court. We'll see later, we'll sort it out first," Purba told reporters.

Purba said the activity was not visible from outside and was recognized as a gala dinner.

"With the hotel management, we have explored that the activity is indeed for a gala dinner. However, the permit for organizing the crowd mandated in Perda 8 of 2007 must have a permit from the governor," he said.

"Everyone is silent with treatment, there is no notification," he said.

Purba said that several other hotels that often hold ministry events always report their crowd permits.

"Maybe the element of ignorance or accident, is not intentional," explained Purba.

Today, the organizers are being investigated, but this is not a pure crime.

"The hotel owner and the organizer were examined. For the event participants (contes) there was no inspection.