131 named suspects in violence at anti-law rallies

Until now, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police have actually called 131 suspects.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police have named 131 individuals as suspects over their alleged involvement in violent rallies against the job creation law in the Indonesian capital.

” Up till now, the Jakarta Metropolitan Cops have actually named 131 suspects,” chief of the Jakarta Metropolitan Cops, Inspector General Nana Sudjana, stated here on Monday.

They have actually been called suspects for allegedly triggering chaos and encountering authorities personnel throughout rallies held on October 8 and October 13, 2020, he notified.

He stated 69 of the 131 suspects have actually been nabbed.

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The suspects are mainly high school students along with university students and out of work individuals, he added.

” Most of the suspects are high school trainees. There are likewise university students and out of work individuals (who have actually been) named suspects. The high school trainees come from employment schools,” he continued.

The suspects were associated with “anarchic acts”, including vandalizing the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry building, ruining patrol car in Pejompongan and a cops post, and turning to violence versus workers from the Special Criminal Activity Examination Directorate of the Jakarta Metropolitan Authorities and the Tangerang City Metro Police, he notified.

The suspects have actually been charged with breaking Article 212 of the chastening code on resisting security workers, Article 218 on violating the ban on crowds, Post 170 on violence versus individuals and goods, and Article 406 on vandalism.

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