20 Naughty Sympathizers Rizieq Shihab Taken To The Central Jakarta Metro Police

The mass of supporters of RIzieq Shihab was put into a police car. (Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI)

JAKARTA - Hundreds of mass sympathizers of Muhammad Rizieq Shihab were detained by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Central Jakarta Metro Police and the Metro Jaya Police from the Cocacola intersection, on Jalan Letjen Suprapto, Cempaka Putih District, Central Jakarta. Previously, hundreds of people were at the crossroads to hear Rizieq Shihab's appeal decision.

To disperse the crowd, the police deployed personnel with PPE (personal protective equipment) COVID-19. In addition, the crowd was dispersed with tear gas from the security forces.

Deputy Head of Central Jakarta Metro Police AKBP Setyo said his party together with Polda Metro Jaya secured the reading of Muhammad Rizieq Shihab's decision by deploying 1200 joint personnel from various units.

"Securing the parameter system, so we block the slow lane to the DKI Jakarta High Court around Jalan Letjen Suprapto. We urge the masses to disperse," he said at the location, Monday, August 30.

The security of the police following the reading of the decision by the DKI Jakarta High Court.

"The quote was read from 9 to 10 in the morning. We urge the reading of the verdict to be complete, please return to your respective regions," he said.

However, the sympathizers who were seen numbering in the hundreds were still standing at the end of Jalan Letjen Suprapto, precisely around the Cocacola intersection. So that members of the Criminal Investigation Unit and Jatanras Polda Metro Jaya and Polrestro Central Jakarta take firm action.

"About 20 naughty sympathizers were arrested. They were put into the car of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Central Jakarta Police," said one of the police officers at the location.

Until Monday afternoon at around 12.50 WIB, members of the police in plain clothes and the Mobile Brigade of the Metro Jaya Police continued to guard the area. Plainclothes officers also returned to conduct sweeps along Jalan Letjen Suprapto, Cempaka Putih.