Demo Rejection Of The TNI Law Is Chaotic, Masses Clash With Officials

Demo Rejection Of The TNI Law Is Chaotic, Masses Clashe With Officials/ Photo: JEHAN/VOI

JAKARTA - A demonstration against the TNI Law was carried out by students and a number of elements in front of the DPR RI Building, Thursday, March 20, evening. After the concrete fence of the DPR RI wall, the demonstrators got tried to enter the courtyard of the DPR Building. However, the crowd was intercepted by the authorities.

According to VOI's observation at the location, the orator tried to give orders to the crowd not to be provoked. Every now and then the orator screams medically. It is suspected that there were victims in clashes between demonstrators and the apparatus guarding the DPR building.

A number of ambulances arrived at the courtyard of the DPR Building to carry the victim. It is suspected that the victims were hit by stones.

"The leg is broken, the leg is broken" shouted one of the demonstrators.

However, it is not yet known what caused it because the atmosphere at the location looked so chaotic.

Police officers also sprayed water canons at the demonstrators after the masses tried to enter the courtyard of the DPR RI.

Until this news was broadcast, the number of victims that fell was not yet known. The demonstrators are still outside the fence of the DPR RI Building.