General Chairperson Of GMBI Arrested After Chaotic Action In Front Of West Java Police Headquarters, Immediately Intensive Examined

Police arrested a number of members of the mass organization GMBI. (ANTARA/Good Ahmad Rizaldi)

BANDUNG - Head of West Java Police Headquarters Kombes Ibrahim Tompo, said that his party had arrested the General Chairperson of the Indonesian Bottom Society Movement (GMBI) with the initials F, following a riot that occurred in front of the West Java Police Headquarters, Thursday, January 27. According to Ibrahim, the man with the initial F was arrested on Friday this morning at his residence in Cimenyan District, Bandung Regency, shortly after hundreds of GMBI members were arrested. "We are still pursuing several people for arrest," said Ibrahim at the West Java Police, Bandung City, as reported by Antara, Friday, January 28.

Apart from F, according to him, there were a number of people who were also arrested. A number of these people, he said, were suspected of leading the action of the GMBI mass organization which caused a riot. A number of people who were arrested, including F so far are still witnesses. They are currently undergoing investigations at the West Java Regional Police. "The investigation will be carried out in a marathon because there are many. As much as that so that it can be seen who is involved in the crime," he said. after the riots that occurred at the West Java Regional Police on Thursday, January 27. From the chaos, Ibrahim said that a number of facilities were damaged, ranging from gates, broken fences, and broken lamps. The action was marked by the throwing of stones by members of the GMBI mass organization. The action was carried out by GMBI because of dissatisfaction with the handling of the case in Karawang Regency in 2021. However, the police said that the case had actually been processed and transferred to the prosecutor's office.