8 thousand personnel guard student rally against job creation law

The joint security personnel from the Indonesian police, military, and the Jakarta provincial government have actually been released to secure the rally.

Jakarta – Some eight thousand security personnel were stationed around Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta on Friday as a preventive measure to guard the All-Indonesia University Student Executive Board’s (BEM SI’s) rally versus the job creation law.

” Joint security personnel from the Indonesian police, military, and the Jakarta provincial government have actually been deployed to safeguard the rally,” Chief of the general public Relations Area of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Senior Citizen Commissioner Yusri Yunus noted here on Friday.

The authorities have actually also readied some 10 thousand workers around the National Monolith (Monas) as a preventive measure versus the increasing number of demonstrators.

Because 11 p.m. regional time on Thursday, the authorities have likewise closed down the Medan Merdeka Barat, Harmoni, and Veteran streets to avoid demonstrating trainees from approaching the Merdeka Palace.

Additionally, the police have re-directed traffic near the Merdeka Palace to avoid traffic jam while the students stage the rally.

BEM SI plans to stage a demonstration near the Merdeka Palace on Friday to reveal rejection to the law.

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