A Coffee Shop Owner Becomes Suspect Of Riots Causing Police Cars Are Damaged By Residents In Surabaya

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SURABAYA - Tanjung Perak Port Police has named a suspect in a riot during an emergency PPKM control operation on Bhineka Raya street, Suropati and Bulak Banteng Baru border. The coffee shop owner is a suspect.

"After being questioned, a coffee shop owner with the initial E was named a suspect in a riot during an emergency PPKM patrol in the Bulak Banteng area of Surabaya," said Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police, Grand Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko in Surabaya, quoted by Antara, Sunday, July 11.

The chaos started with a patrol carried out by the emergency PPKM Task Force, namely the subdistrict head assisted by the Kenjeran Police and the Koramil in the Bulak Banteng area on Saturday, July 10 evening.

The officer found a coffee shop that had not closed yet, so they asked for the ID card of the shop owner to be recorded.

When it was recorded, said Gatot, the coffee shop owner did not accept the action taken by the officers.

"The owner of this shop made a provocation so that it invited many people, and there was a vandalism of a patrol car belonging to the Kenjeran Police," he said.

Although there were no victims from this incident, Gatot regrets that there are still people who do not understand the duty of the apparatus to break the chain of the spread of COVID-19.

"A joint team from the Violent Crime Unit of East Java Police and the Criminal Investigation Unit of Tanjung Perak Police are investigating this case and immediately arresting other suspects," he said.

Meanwhile, Tanjung Perak Port Police Chief AKBP Ganis Setyaningrum said that suspect E was charged with Article 212 of the Criminal Code for resisting officers who were carrying out judicial operations with a penalty of 4 months in prison.

"We urge the public to follow the government's advice to follow the emergency PPKM. If it is recommended to close at 20.00 western Indonesia time, yes, close. We avoid crowds," he said.

Police Grand Commissioner Adjutant Ganis confirmed that his party was still developing an investigation to hunt down the vandals of the officer's car, including looking for the perpetrators suspected of provoking the riots.