Six Suspects Name Labor Day Riots In Semarang

Semarang Police Chief Kombes Pol. M. Syahduddi showed evidence used during the rioting of Labor Day when presented in the press release at the Semarang Police Headquarters, Saturday (3/5/2025). (ANTARA)

SEMARANG - The police named six people suspected of being rioters during the Labor Day action in front of the Central Java Governor's Office in Semarang on May 1, 2025, as suspects.

Semarang Police Chief Kombes Pol. M. Syahduddi in Semarang, Saturday, said that the determination of the suspect was carried out based on an investigation into 14 people who were arrested after the chaotic action ended.

He explained that the chaos at the end of the labor action on May 1, 2025, began with the presence of an all-black attribute group that was different from the action held by a number of elements of the workers.

"Officers carry out canalization, two different handling of the action during Labor Day," he said.

He said that the black attributed group that came in the afternoon was suspected of causing chaos in the Labor Day action.

"Massa immediately burned tires, threw stones at officers, and damaged public facilities around the location," he said.

The police, he continued, took firm action by dissolving the anarchist mob.

Of the six people named as suspects, according to him, five of them are students from several universities in Semarang City.

The six suspects were MAS (22), KM (19), AadA (22), ANH (19), MJR (21), and AZG (21).

For their actions, the suspects were charged with Article 214 of the Criminal Code regarding fighting officers or Article 170 of the Criminal Code regarding beatings.

Previously, the police dispersed the action to commemorate Labor Day in front of the Central Java Governor's Office on Jalan Pahlawan, Semarang City, on Thursday (1/5/2025) afternoon, after allegedly a provocation by a group of people dressed in black among the workers.

A group of people dressed in black then joined the mass action.

Chaos broke out after the labor group would disperse after completing the action.