BTS Meal Queue Crowds, Some McDonald's In Jakarta Temporarily Closed

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JAKARTA - The McDonald's outlet opened a special menu for BTS Meal today. This menu is a McDonald's collaboration with the South Korean boy band, BTS.

Although McDonald's only serves BTS Meal orders via online orders and cannot eat on the spot, it turns out that crowds of queues for purchases are unavoidable.

Hundreds of online motorcycle taxis swarmed McDonald's outlets. In the TMCPoldaMetro Twitter account, the police must intervene to remind online motorcycle taxis to continue to apply health protocols.

"As a result of the promo queue at McDonald Pondok Indah, South Jakarta, South Jakarta Traffic Unit implements the health protocol appeal, maintain distance, and use masks to visitors to break the COVID-19 chain", wrote the @TMCPoldaMetro account, Wednesday, June 9.

Not only that, the police also temporarily closed the McDonald's outlet at Gambir Station due to the queue for BTS Meal orders that led to a crowd. McDonald's Gambir Station is sealed for 1x24 hours. In addition, the management was also fined IDR 50 million.

"With this McDonald's promo, it invites Gojek and other online drivers to buy or order. We ask McDonald's to immediately close its business temporarily and the online application is closed, so that fellow drivers online or who order do not feel disadvantaged", said the Gambir Metro Police Chief, AKBP Kade Budiyarta, at McDonald's Gambir.

13.03 As a result of the promo queue at MC Donald Pondok Indah, South Jakarta, South Jakarta Satlantas implement the health protocol appeal, maintain distance, and use masks to visitors to break the COVID-19 chain. pic.twitter.com/uo7TTQhBu3

— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) June 9, 2021

In addition, the BTS Meal queue crowd was also monitored at McDonald's Otista to McDonald's Puri Kembangan. In fact, McDonald's Sunter was also temporarily closed due to crowds of online motorcycle taxi drivers.

Confirmed separately, Head of Central Jakarta Satpol PP Bernard Tambunan said his party had temporarily sealed 5 McDonald's in the Central Jakarta area.

"In Central Jakarta, there are 5 outlets that we have sealed", he said in a short message.