Police Said, One Of The GMBI Members Who Surrendered Admitted That He Had Prepared Sickles And Knife Cutters During A Demonstration In Front Of The West Java Police

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JAKARTA – The number of suspects in the anarchist demonstration of the Indonesian Lower Society Movement (GMBI) has increased to 12 people. This was conveyed by the Head of West Java Regional Police Humas Kombes Pol Ibrahim Tompo. Ibrahim explained that the 12 suspects had the initials MFR, M ABAH, IRM, SBI, SN, SF, CP, AR, GG, GP, TSH, WN. One of them, said Ibrahim, is the general chairman of the mass organization, namely MFR. "Those involved in the GMBI demonstration will continue to be developed and there may still be more suspects," said Ibrahim, quoted from Antara, Monday, January 31. MFR arrested at his residence in Cimenyan District, Bandung Regency on Friday, January 28. In addition, members of the GMBI with the initials SBI surrendered to the Bandung Police. After that, officers from the Bandung Police took the SBI to the West Java Police and were named a suspect.

"This SBI is the first person to make an oration saying that I have 500 people who are ready to die. And in his car, he has prepared electric shocks, knife cutters, sickles, and softball sticks," he said. GMBI with the initials GG. Ibrahim said that GG was the one who rode the panther statue or "Maung Lodaya" which is a symbol of the West Java Regional Police. we will process it, but we will explore it later," he said. The 12 suspects, he said, were subject to Article 170 and/or Article 160 and/or Article 406, as well as Article 55 and Article 56 of the Criminal Code. They face up to seven years in prison. Previously, the action from the GMBI mass organization took place on Thursday (27/1) in front of the West Java Regional Police since this morning, causing a traffic jam on Jalan Soekarno Hatta. The action then led to a riot in the afternoon at around 15.00 WIB. From the chaos, Ibrahim said that a number of facilities were damaged, starting from the gate, broken fence, broken lamps. The action was also marked by the throwing of stones by members of the mass organization. The action was carried out by the mass organization 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.