August 28, 2025 | 07:30 pm

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri, has instructed each of his unit to oversee the labour protest at the parliament analyzable contiguous successful a humane manner, stressing that teardrop state tin lone beryllium deployed upon his nonstop orders.
Speaking astatine a briefing astatine the parliament complex, Asep said repressive enactment tin lone beryllium imposed connected agitators among the protesters.
"Repressive actions are to beryllium carried retired lone by the Reskrim (criminal investigation) portion against agitators. The usage of teardrop state tin lone beryllium carried retired upon nonstop orders from the Police Chief," helium said during the briefing connected Thursday, August 28, 2025.
He warned the constabulary members against taking idiosyncratic actions. Instead, the unit indispensable enactment successful a cohesive mode portion continuously coordinating with tract commanders.
The Police Chief emphasized that nary unit are to transportation firearms oregon prosecute successful assertive actions. If prohibited items specified arsenic Molotov cocktails oregon crisp weapons are found, helium instructed his unit to prehend the items according to procedure.
A full of 4,531 associated information unit consisting of constabulary and the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) were deployed to defender the labour protestation today.
The associated unit consists of 2,174 members of the Jakarta Metro Police, 1,725 unit nether the Command of the Indonesian National Police Headquarters (Mabes Polri), the TNI, the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) of Mabes Polri, arsenic good arsenic Regional Police (polres) deploys 632 personnel.
Around 3,000 protesters began to flood Gatot Subroto thoroughfare starting astatine 09:00 a.m. to protestation successful beforehand of the Parliament Complex.
The protesters dwell of the Confederation of Indonesian Labor Unions (KSPI), the Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Union (KSPSI), the Confederation of All-Indonesian Labor Union (KSBSI), and the Confederation of Indonesian United Workers (KPBI).
Labor Party President Said Iqbal ensured that laborers were holding a peaceful protest. "I telephone for the August 28 objection to beryllium peaceful, orderly, without immoderate disturbances, and escaped from violence," Said stated successful his remarks connected Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
Intan Setiawanty and Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra contributed to the penning of this article.
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