Hundreds Of Kiosks In Lenggang IRTI Monas Burned, Police Arrest One Perpetrator

CCTV screen capture taken by the police at the fire site to reveal the fire case in Lenggang, Central Jakarta

JAKARTA - The Gambir Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit revealed the burning incident of 204 kiosks in Lenggang Jakarta, IRTI National Monument Area (Monas), Gambir District, Central Jakarta, which occurred on Thursday, March 31.

From the results of the police investigation, one person who is strongly suspected of being the mastermind behind the arson has been arrested. Gambir Metro Police Chief Kompol Rango Siregar said a suspect was arrested for the burning incident of Lenggang Jakarta, Monas. The suspect is known to have the initials WST (29).

"The results of the investigation related to the Jakarta Lenggang Market fire, IRTI Monas, are strongly suspected to have been carried out intentionally by the suspect WST," said Police Commissioner Rango Siregar to VOI, Monday, April 4.

Meanwhile, according to the results of the investigation of the crime scene (TKP) of the National Police Laboratory for Research and Development, the origin of the fire started from a kiosk owned by Dasril Lubis in Lenggang Jakarta.

"The fire burned 180 souvenir stalls, 24 culinary stalls, prayer rooms and toilets. The loss was estimated at 20 billion," he said.

Previously, it was reported that hundreds of stalls belonging to traders in Lenggang Jakarta, precisely in the IRTI area of the National Monument (Monas), Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan, Gambir Village, Gambir District, Central Jakarta, were burnt down.

The flames began to appear on Thursday, March 31, at dawn.

"There were 166 souvenir stalls and 6 culinary stalls that caught fire," said Head of Central Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Asril Rizal to reporters, Thursday, March 31.

Central Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. received reports from residents that there was a fire at around 05.20 WIB.

"There were 8 units of fire engines were deployed to the location to extinguish the fire. The operation to extinguish the fire started at 05.20 WIB and was successfully extinguished at 05.50 WIB," he said.