JAKARTA - The Chairman of Indonesia Police Watch (IPW), Sugeng Teguh Santoso, responded to the incident in which an online motorcycle taxi (ojol) driver was killed after being hit and run over by Brimob personnel with a vehicle in the Tanah Abang area, Central Jakarta.
IPW stated that the perpetrator must be immediately prosecuted for committing the crime of assault.
The Brimob personnel, he continued, clearly violated procedures for securing the DPR RI building, a vital facility.
Sugeng stated that the principle of securing vital facilities is that police personnel and equipment are prepared to protect the personnel present and occupants of the vital facility and the building, as vital facilities, from unlawful acts.
"Once the vital facility is secured, the security objective has been achieved," Sugeng emphasized on Friday, August 29, 2025.
According to Sugeng, the incident of the Brimob vehicle running over the online motorcycle taxi driver was a procedural violation, as the online motorcycle taxi driver was not in a position to endanger police officers and the vital facility was already protected.
"Chasing the demonstrators was a procedural error," he said.
It should be noted that when pushing the protesters with a Brimob vehicle, the vehicle must be positioned at a distance from the protesters in front of it.
"This is to ensure security and vehicle movement control for the safety of personnel and vital objects," he said.
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