McDonald's Sarinah Was Fined For Violating PSBB Policy

Illustration (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - McDonald's Sarinah was proven to have violated the rules for Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) when it held a store closure some time ago. This is because the closure activity resulted in the emergence of a crowd of residents who had the potential to spread the spread of COVID-19.

Head of Satpol PP DKI Arifin said, McDonald's Sarinah violated Governor Regulation (Pergub) Number 33 of 2020 concerning the Implementation of Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) in Handling COVID-19 in DKI Jakarta Province.

Even though the outlet was closed, the fast food restaurant was sanctioned, namely the payment of an administrative fine. The fine that had to be paid by McDonald's Sarinah was IDR 10 million. The provisions for this fine are regulated in Article 7 of DKI Governor Regulation Number 41 of 2020.

"Today, McDonald's Sarinah cooperatively acknowledged the negligence of the (closing) activity, after they paid a fine of Rp10 million," said Arifin when contacted by VOI, Thursday, April 14.

Illustration (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

However, Arifin did not impose any sanctions on residents who came and crowded into the parking lot in front of McDonald's Sarinah, but only dispersed them.

Because, according to Arifin, the party that must be blamed is McDonald's Sarinah as the organizer of the store closure event. The event invited people to come and witness the conditions of the closure of McDonald's first outlet in Indonesia.

"We do not impose sanctions on the crowding community. People there do not crowd if there is no invitation to close McDonald's Sarinah. Each person there wants to see the closure, not intentionally to crowd," he explained.

The last night of McDonald's Sarinah

Previously, a crowd of residents appeared in front of McDonald's Sarinah, MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta, on May 10. In fact, DKI Jakarta is implementing the PSBB status to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 until May 22.

At 22.00 WIB at that time, the management held a procession such as a closing ceremony, starting from remarks from the outlet manager, to closing the curtain as a symbol of the termination of McDonald's Sarinah operations.

People who came when McDonald's Sarinah stopped operating forever (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

Furthermore, the front parking lot of McDonald's Sarinah is getting busier. Many residents approached to see the closure process carried out by management in the building. Some of them capture the moment using their respective cellphones.

Approaching 23.00 WIB, the Jakarta Satpol PP came to the McDonald's Sarinah area. From the car parked in front of the location, through the loudspeaker, Satpol PP officers asked residents to disperse.

Not long after that, McDonald's management and the Sarinah building security officers dispersed the crowd. The residents gradually left McDonald's Sarinah.