Soetta Airport Facilities Damaged When Rizieq Shihab Arrives, PA 212: Don't Want To Be Replaced

Rizieq Shihab at Soekarno-Hatta Airport (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - PA 212 Chairman Slamet Maarif said Soekarno-Hatta Airport refused to accept compensation for the damage caused when the crowd picked up Rizieq Shihab to return to Indonesia. The refusal was conveyed in coordination with airport security staff.

This statement was conveyed by Slamet at Rizieq Shihab's follow-up hearing at the East Jakarta District Court, Thursday, May 6. In the trial Slamet admitted that he only knew about the damage to Soetta Airport from the mass media reports.

From there, Slamet immediately contacted Hanif Alatas. In the communication, the issue of compensation was discussed.

"I read the news, then there was damage then I asked for communication with Habib Hanif to send contact with airport people about the damage. Then Habib Hanif (contacted), his name is Eya Wahyudi, one of the security staff at the airport," said Slamet in the trial.

But from the results of communication between Hanif Alatas and Eya Wahyudi, said Slamet, Soekarno-Hatta Airport did not accept the compensation effort. The reason was that the damage was not severe.

"Eya is a communication with his superiors. He said the damage was insignificant, no need to be replaced, God willing, we can fix it," said Slamet.

But Slamet emphasized that the damage that occurred related to airport facilities was purely due to the large number of people so that it was out of control.

"This damage is not due to anarchism, not because of radicalism, but indeed the people present want to be close to Habib and this is justified by the news that the airport people themselves are published in the media," said Slamet.

As previously reported, the Senior Manager of Aviation Security at Soetta Airport, Oka Setiawan, said that he suffered a loss of Rp. 16 million due to sympathizers who gathered to pick up Rizeq Shihab.

The loss was based on the calculation of the number of damaged chairs and plants.

"There is a park next to the road, there are chairs that are broken because they are climbed or something. So the damage is to plants and chairs," said Oka.

Oka said that the total loss reached Rp. 16 million. "Yesterday it was approximately 16 million packs. It consists of plants, there are passenger seats, and a terrace," said Oka.