Dozens Of Provocateurs Homecoming Via Merak Port Police Diciduk

Cilegon Police Chief AKBP Sigit Haryono (ANTARA)

CILEGON - Cilegon Police Personnel, Banten, secured dozens of provocateurs invited n homecoming in Merak Port, Banten through WhatsApp groups.

"We are currently conducting an investigation," said Cilegon Police Chief AKBP Sigit Haryono, in Cilegon, Banten, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, May 12.

Anyone who is the perpetrator of the homecoming invitation will certainly continue to be traced. Police are currently being investigated by officers in the field.

The police are committed to follow up firmly, because the perpetrators are from bekasi, karawang, and serang areas.

Currently, he said, in various regions, there is a ban on Eid al-Fitr 1442 Hijri homecoming in accordance with the rules of the central government.

"We will process legally if the perpetrator is proven to have committed a criminal offense with the invitation to go home, because the homecoming invitation has an impact on the spike in cases of the COVID-19 pandemic," said AKBP Sigit.

According to him, Cilegon Police in anticipation of the ban on homecoming worked to the maximum by deploying officers of the Mass Decomposition Unit (Raimas) and Officers Brimob Banten Police.

The officer was deployed from the entrance toll gate to the arterial line in Cilegon to prevent Eid al-Fitr travelers.

Raimas officers and officers of Brimob Banten Police are able to anticipate travelers who will cross to various areas on the island of Sumatra.

"We are cracking down on any travelers and turning their vehicles around," he said.

AKBP Sigit said that people who do not comply with the police's advice, they are equally resisting officers and can be ensnared in Article 212 of the Criminal Code, 216 of the Criminal Code, and Article 218 of the Criminal Code.

However, those who are clear will be ensnared in Article 212, Article 216, Article 218, for resisting the officer who performs the duties." We will process legally if they fight against officers," he said.