BENGKULU - Student demonstrations across the University of Bengkulu study programs regarding the suspension of the Student Executive Board (BEM), chaos Faculty of Law, University of Bengkulu

The riot started when campus security officers tried to block the commando car used by the masses to put up a protest banner on the faculty building, causing the car's left windshield to shatter.

This then triggered a mass reaction so that clashes between security officers on guard and students were unavoidable.

"Even though the faculty has allowed us to put up the banner above, the security guard blocks and hits the car window until it breaks", said one student as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, August 24.

The chaos occurred when several student representatives were having a dialogue with the faculty in the Bengkulu University Faculty office building.

There were even riots several times before finally the student representatives and campus security agreed that the two parties should not stand nearby and face to face.

Conditions began to be conducive and under control when several student representatives who participated in the dialogue left the dean's room.

One of the campus security officials said that the riots that had occurred did not result in injuries, both from the security forces and students.

"No. No one was injured, all are safe", he said.

On the other hand, several media crews who covered demonstrations related to the suspension of the BEM of the Faculty of Law, Bengkulu University were prohibited from covering the dialogue between the faculty and several student representatives discussing student demands.

The faculty only allowed Bengkulu University's internal media to cover the meeting. Meanwhile, other media are prohibited from entering and being detained outside the faculty building.

It is not clear why the media crew who had been covering the demonstration from the start were prohibited from entering the meeting room to cover the incident.

"You are not allowed to enter", said one of the security officers guarding the entrance to the Bengkulu University Faculty of Law building.

Previously, the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Bengkulu University, issued a Decree No. 3098/UN30.8/HK/2021 regarding the suspension of the Student Executive Board for the Large Family of Students of the Faculty of Law, the University of Bengkulu for the period 2021-2022.

The decree emphasized that the names included in the BEM management structure of the Faculty of Law Bengkulu University for the 2021-2022 period were not allowed to carry out any activities on behalf of the faculty BEM.

The Governor of the BEM of the Faculty of Law of Bengkulu University, Maulana Taslam, indicated that the suspension was due to a series of criticisms conveyed by the BEM of the Faculty of Law to the campus through their Instagram account @bem.fhunib.

Some criticisms were raised regarding the campus services to students, including the complicated academic administration and transparency of funding for student organization activities.

Until 13.00 WIB, the mass consisting of students from across study programs at Bengkulu University was still standing in front of the Dean of the Faculty of Law Bengkulu University building waiting for their demands to be met.


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