5 Commands Of The National Police Chief In Operation Muzzle Thugs And Extortion

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo (Polri Public Relations DOK)

JAKARTA - The National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has issued a Telegram Letter to suppress extortion and thuggery at ports throughout Indonesia.

This telegram was issued on the orders of President Jokowi who asked the National Police Chief to solve extortion and thugs who made port drivers complain.

The Telegram letter numbered ST/1251/VI/HUK.7.1/2021 dated June 15, 2021, was addressed to the Kapolda due to rampant acts of thuggery and illegal levies (extortion) in the port area and its surroundings.

This condition causes unrest and is one of the factors that causes weak national competitiveness and hinders national economic growth.

"In order to support the acceleration of the national economic recovery, the security and social order must be conducive," said the National Police's Criminal Investigation Officer, Komjen Agus Andrianto, in a written statement from the National Police's Public Relations Division, Wednesday, June 16.

Agus said that currently the government's national economic recovery program is continuously being boosted, lest thuggery and illegal levies become an obstacle.

"The state must not lose to these acts of thuggery," continued Agus.

Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Komjen Agus Andrianto

This Telegram letter, which is an order, emphasizes 5 things that the Kapolda must carry out.

1. Carry out enhanced Police activities (K2YD) in the Port Areas in their respective areas with the target of thuggery actions.2. Carry out law enforcement against all acts of thuggery in the port area in their respective areas.3. Increase efforts to prevent illegal levies together with extortion eradication units in port areas in their respective regions. Law enforcement with APIP against illegal acts that occur in port areas in their respective areas.5. Reporting the results of activities to the Chief of the National Police and Kabareskrim.

Meanwhile, the Head of Public Relations of the South Sulawesi Police, Kombes E. Zulpan, is ready to support the Chief of Police's instructions.

"The South Sulawesi Regional Police are ready to carry out the instructions of the National Police Chief in eradicating acts of thuggery and illegal levies (extortion) in the port area and its surroundings in the South Sulawesi region. We emphasize that there is no room for extortion or thuggery," he said.

Eradication of acts of thuggery and extortion is carried out to ensure safety and provide a sense of calm to the community.