DDHK.ORG - The wave of mass action against the Work Creation Law today, Thursday (8/10/2020), continues to increase in all parts of Indonesia. In many areas, these joint demonstrations carried out by workers, students and students led to riots and clashes between the masses and the security forces.
Evenly distributed in all cities of Indonesia
In Surabaya, East Java, detikcom reported that the police post in front of Tunjungan Plaza was burned by the masses. A Jatanras car with the sticker "Team Jogo Suroboyo" belonging to the East Java Regional Police was overthrown by the masses. Riots also occurred at the demonstration point, which is in front of the Grahadi State Building, Surabaya. To repulse the crowd, the police fired tear gas.
In Yogyakarta, a two-story cafe located near the DPRD Building for the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) on Jalan Malioboro, according to the Head of Public Relations of the Yogyakarta Regional Police, Kombes Yulianto, was set on fire by the masses. Apart from the cafe, a motorbike was set on fire during the chaotic demonstration. The glass of the DIY DPRD building was shattered and the police car was wrecked.
In Medan, North Sumatra, it was reported that a group of mobs set fire to a police official car. Besides being scorched, the car also looked upside down.
In Ambon, Maluku, a mass of students in front of the Pattimura University campus, Jalan Leimena, threw stones at the police. The action was met with tear gas shots.
In Sukoharjo, demonstrations were held at the Tugu Kartasura Roundabout. It was reported that a unit of the civil service police unit was set on fire by the masses.
In Bengkulu, a joint student and student action mass on behalf of the United Indonesia People's Movement Alliance managed to occupy the Bengkulu DPRD office.
In Sukabumi, several students who clashed with security forces in front of the Sukabumi City DPRD Building were reportedly injured.
In Makassar, South Sulawesi, a mob clashed with the police. At 18.40:XNUMX p.m. local time, the crowd that continued to throw stones and various objects at the police were beaten back from the Fly Over Urip Sumoharjo to the Reformasi Toll Road using tear gas shots. The crowd was also reported to have attacked the police with arrows and firecrackers.
In Bandung, West Java, a mob threw bottles, stones and firecrackers at the police who were at the West Java governor's office, Gedung Sate.
In Jakarta, the wave of demonstrations continued into the evening. At least, until this news was written, as many as 4 TransJakarta bus stops, 4 police posts, 1 excavator unit, a number of free bicycles, and the ESDM Ministry building were damaged and burned.
It ended in chaos
In addition, riotous demonstrations were also reported in Jambi, Pekanbaru, Cirebon, Gorontalo, Palembang, Lumajang, Tangerang, Serang, Cianjur, Sukabumi, Pekalongan, Probolinggo, Palu, Malang, West Kalimantan, Bontang, East Kutai, Kudus, Sidoarjo, and Dompu. Demonstrations are also almost evenly distributed in all regions in the country.
In Jakarta alone, the police admitted to having arrested nearly 1.000 people who were suspected of being rioters during a demonstration against the Job Creation Law. The police accuse the Anarko group of being the culprit for the riots and clashes that took place in several locations in the capital.
"We have secured nearly a thousand. It's the anarcho-anarcho, the rioters. This is indeed rioters riding fellow workers to stage this demonstration, "said Head of Public Relations of Polda Jaya, Kombes Yusri Yunus, as reported by CNN Indonesia. [DDHK News]
