6 Students In Ternate Freed After Allegedly Provocating The April 11 Protest Act

Illustration of demonstration on April 11. (Between)

TERNATE - The Ternate Police Resort (Polres) repatriated six students suspected of being provocateurs during a violent demonstration in front of the Ternate Mayor's Office on Monday, April 11.

The demonstrators aged 17 to 23 were released after receiving guidance from the Resmob Team and members of the Ternate Police.

"These six students have been sent back to their homes this afternoon after receiving guidance from Binmas, so they will no longer take irresponsible actions," said PS Head of Public Relations of Ternate Police Ipda Wahyuddin, Wednesday, April 13.

In addition, said Wahyuddin, the Ternate Police did not want to publish the names of the six students and their campuses and were only given guidance and made a statement.

"In fact, the names of the six students who had been detained were not mentioned, because it was feared it would affect their mentality, especially in the campus environment," he said.

According to him, the Ternate Police returned six demonstrators who had been arrested during a demonstration on April 11, 2022, for allegedly being provocateurs in the student action.

The Ternate Police appealed that every citizen wishing to express their opinion in public so as not to do it in an anarchic way and not to interfere with other community activities.

Demonstrations of thousands of students from various campuses in Ternate City on behalf of the Committee to Struggle with the People (BBM) of North Maluku (Malut) on Monday 11 April ended in chaos. Chaos due to the refusal to attend Ternate Secretary of the City Jusuf Sunya to meet the masses of action.

The demonstration started with student representatives meeting with the Ternate City Government, facilitated by the Ternate Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner of Police (AKBP) Andik Purnomo Sigit, to meet the mass of action in front of the Ternate Mayor's Office and the Ternate City Government represented by the Ternate City Secretary Jusuf Ternate.

However, the presence of the Secretary of the City of Ternate was rejected and there was a push between the security forces and students and damaged the fence of the Ternate Mayor's office.