Kelabui Petugas, Cafe In The Dark Branch Area With Dozens Of Visitors

The atmosphere at the Warin-Angin cafe (Photo: Rizky Sulistio)

JAKARTA - Joint officers of the TNI, Polri and Pol PP disperse the crowd in the culinary area of Cawang, East Jakarta. This large-scale patrol carried out by the joint forces during the PPKM Level 3 period made the visitors run wildly.

"I'm just eating, sir, I'm not doing anything," said Remon, one of the cafe visitors with a panicked face at the location, Saturday, September 4, early in the morning.

The police officers who arrived at the location only gave warnings regarding PPKM Level 3 and asked the visitors to disperse.

Hearing the information from the East Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Erwin Kurniawan, dozens of cafe visitors immediately rushed off with their motorbikes.

The officer also conducted an examination of the owner of the Parangin-Angin cafe who often violated health protocols (prokes). This cafe was previously sealed by joint officers for the same violation, namely the COVID-19 process.

Because they continued to make repeated mistakes, the joint officers took firm action again by re-sealing the cafe.

In an effort to outwit the officers, the cafe was seen in a dark state as if it had closed because it exceeded the operating hours of the place of business. When the officers passed in front of the cafe, there were only a few people who pretended to be standing while watching the officers.

The officers were suspicious, so the East Jakarta Police Chief, accompanied by the Rajawali Team and Raimas, immediately checked the cafe, which often violated the health protocol.

It turned out to be true, the Police Chief found dozens of visitors crammed into tables and chairs with the lights turned off. The Rajawali and Raimas teams also shone on the visitors with flashlights. In fact, many other visitors were found who were silent to trick the officers into pretending that the cafe was uninhabited.

"We closed the Parangin-Angin cafe together with the PP Satpol. This cafe has violated the rules several times so it will be closed by the PP Satpol for the next 3 days," said East Jakarta Police Chief Kombes Erwin to VOI at the location, Saturday, September 4, early in the morning.

East Jakarta Satpol PP officers then conducted a BAP against the owner of the Parangin-Angin cafe. The officers then put a seal on the cafe's windshield.

The police chief said that this large-scale patrol was intensified in areas prone to crowds, starting along the East Flood Canal (BKT), along Jalan Basuki Rahmat, a number of cafes and in other crowded places.

"This is done so that the community remains aware that the gathering activity should not be ignored from the health program. So it is hoped that with large-scale patrols with elements of the TNI, the regional government, places that do not obey the rules must comply with the applicable regulations. ," he said.