Those who are detained are protesters avoiding the humanitarian operation (COVID-19 rapid tests)
Jakarta – The Jakarta Authorities detained 455 fans of Rizieq Shihab for declining COVID-19 rapid tests throughout the “1812” rally at the National Monument (Monas) area.
” The 455 individuals remain in the whole jurisdiction of Polda City Jaya (Jakarta Police),” Senior Commissioner Yusri Yunus, spokesman of the Jakarta Authorities, said here on Saturday.
Yusri Yunus described that the 455 individuals were jailed on Friday due to the fact that they declined to follow the authorities’s humanitarian operation policy that obliged the 1812 protesters to go through COVID-19 quick tests.
” Those who are apprehended are protesters preventing the humanitarian operation (COVID-19 quick tests),” he included.
The cops later carried out the rapid tests on the 455 detainees, and the outcomes revealed that 28 of them were declared reactive to COVID-19, Yunus said.
” There are 28 individuals who are reactive and we took them to Wisma Athlete (Emergency Health Center for COVID-19) for swab tests.
The Jakarta Authorities on Friday by force dispersed the “1812” rally took part in by members of a number of mass companies, consisting of the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA), FPI (Islam Protectors’ Front), and the Ulama Fatwa Guard National Motion (GNPF), held at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta.
The police stated that they did not give permission to a rally of Rizieq Shihab’s sympathizers revealing viewpoints in the general public amidst the pandemic.
Yusri Yunus stated the Jakarta Police did not give permission for the rally requiring the release of Rizieq Shihab who is being jailed for breaching the health procedures versus COVID-19 pandemic when he arranged a wedding of his child coinciding with the maulid (the ceremony of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad) last November.
” Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the transmission in Jakarta is quite high. We hope they can understand that there need to be no crowd activities,” Yusri Yunus said.
The Jakarta Police in cooperation with the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Jakarta Administration, have conducted the humanitarian operation to break the chain of COVID-19, Yunus said.
The National Authorities (Polri) and the TNI have likewise conducted 3T (screening, tracing and treatment) in regions throughout large-scale and preventive operations to prevent COVID-19 transmission, he included.
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