PEKANBARU - The Riau Regional Police arrested and detained six suspects in the case of destruction of the Task Force Post for Forest Area Enforcement or PKH Task Force in Tesso Nilo National Park, Pelalawan Regency.
Head of the Riau Regional Police, Brigjen Hengki Haryadi, said there were two crime scene locations in the construction of this case, namely the PKH Block 10 Toru Village Task Force Post and Post 2 Kenayang Village, Lubuk Kembang Bunga, Ukui Pelalawan District.
"The six suspects have initials BS, HS, YS, HP, YDM, and SS. The motive is that this group of people is not happy with the presence of the PKH Task Force at the crime scene so that there is an act against the law in the form of destruction and violence against goods," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, January 21.
The modus operandi carried out by the suspects together committed violence against the PKH Task Force facilities, including the tent of personnel filled with TNI members.
The evidence seized by the police in the case was in the form of long beams, iron, iron bamboo, and digital evidence in the form of a flash drive.
The Regional Police Chief said that at present, his party has established legal construction on the old Criminal Code, namely Article 170 paragraph 1 and Article 40. Or Article 262 of the new Criminal Code concerning joint violence against goods with a maximum penalty of 5 years.
He said that this investigation is continuous so that it is very possible to add a construction of an article in the form of resistance against officers who are carrying out their duties.
"If two or more people associate to resist an official or officer who is carrying out his duties, law enforcement can be carried out with a more severe threat."
"The threat (sentence) is seven years. That is, this continuous investigation can add article construction, it can also add more suspects. It is not limited to these six people," he said.
Hengki emphasized that this law enforcement was repressive and had preventive implications. The Riau Police do not tolerate acts of violence, anarchism and self-judgement, and no party can carry out activities against the law.
Previously, the destruction incident occurred on Friday morning, November 21, 2025, when a number of masses came to the location and asked the officers to leave the post within one hour.
Because the members of the task force refused, the situation then heated up to lead to the demolition and destruction by the masses.
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