Police Still Infiltrated 13 Gang Members Who Bring Sajam And The Political Party Flag When Damaged To Citizens' Houses In Semarang

Candisari Police Chief Iptu Handri Kristanto/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Police are still hunting for 13 members of a gang of perpetrators of the destruction of a house on Cinde Raya Street, Semarang City, Central Java whose actions were caught on CCTV. The perpetrator carrying sharp weapons and a piece of wood with the flag of one of the political parties in action. Candisari Police Chief Iptu Handri Kristanto said the police had pocketed the identities of 13 perpetrators of the vandalism that occurred on Sunday, January 15. "We urge the perpetrators who are still at large to surrender," he said in Semarang, Antara, Tuesday, January 17. According to him, from the CCTV footage around the scene, it was known that the number of perpetrators reached 18 people. Of the 18 people, he said, the five people who had been arrested were not part of the perpetrators who used sharp weapons. He explained that the police were still hunting down the perpetrators who carried out the vandalism by carrying sharp weapons, according to the CCTV footage. He also ensured that the members of the gang who carried out the destruction were not gangster groups. In addition, he said again, even though there was one of the perpetrators who carried a stick with the flag of a political party, this action had nothing to do with political parties. The vandalism of Ryan Dwi Saputro's house began when a group of perpetrators and a number of their friends gathered while drinking liquor on Jalan Perbalan, Semarang City on January 15, 2023. The group received information that the girlfriend of a member of the gang was invited by the victim named Kalak who was also the victim of the attack. The perpetrators came to a house on Jalan Cinde Raya on Sunday, January 15 that morning, immediately attacking and chasing the victim who entered the house. The perpetrator tried to enter and destroy the door of the house using sharp weapons or a piece of wood with the flag of one of the political parties.