Dozens Of Activists Defuse In HI Roundabout Pools, Police Take Action

DKI Jakarta HI Roundabout/ Photo: Bitor Ekin Putra/VOI

JAKARTA - Police arrested dozens of Greenpeace activists during a demonstration at the Hotel Indonesia (HI) roundabout, Central Jakarta, Friday morning, October 6, at around 06.00 WIB.

Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Komarudin confirmed the information. They were secured when they threw themselves into the pool with attributes in the form of red octopuses.

"So they entered the area of the HI Roundabout pool. The officers had given an appeal but they were ignored. And about 10 to 12 people threw themselves in by inserting the goods and we immediately secured them," said Komarudin when confirmed, Friday, October 6.

Komarudin explained that they were secured because they did not comply with the rules. Because, to convey their aspirations, there must still be regulations.

Especially when holding the action, they also did not provide information to hold a peaceful demonstration at the HI Roundabout, Central Jakarta.

"For demonstrations that do not require permission, but in the law it is stipulated that public expression submission is mandatory to notify the police, that is the first. So they are without notification," he said.

"Then secondly, there are places in the implementation of opinions in public, so freedom of opinion should not be interpreted as freely as there are rules in it that must be obeyed by every citizen because it is a law made. For example, if the rules are not heeded, we must secure it," he continued.

Therefore, said Komarudin, appealed to the public, if they wanted to convey their aspirations or demonstrations, they would still comply with the applicable rules.

"This is also a lesson for others, I emphasize, appeal to all people to have freedom of opinion, not to interpret it as freely as possible, as much as possible, all of which have rules," he concluded.