Riot rally rejects job creation law allegedly made by Anarko

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Head of the Public Relations Division of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus said the riots that occurred during the demonstration against ratification all the law The Employment Creation Law of Thursday (8/10/2020) was not executed by workers or students.

According to Yusri, the riots were allegedly committed by people who were members of the Anarko group. They infiltrated the workers and students to riot during the demonstration.

Currently, Yusri continued, the police have arrested 1,000 people suspected of being involved in the disturbances that occurred in Harmoni Simpang in the area of ​​the Arjuna Wiwaha horse statue in central Jakarta.

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“Indeed, we have carried out a security activity since this afternoon, about 1000 people we have secured, Anarko who tried to riot. There were no workers or students at all,” Yusri said in a Kompas TV broadcast on Thursday (10/8/2020 ).

Yusri relayed that the mass suspected of being part of the Anarko group was unemployed and had come to Jakarta to protest.

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“In fact, those who come from various regions are unemployed, either using trains or trucks. When we are doing an inspection, everyone is unemployed,” said Yusri.

As is well known, the authentication denial demonstration wave all the law The Job Creation Law has been produced in various Indonesian cities, one of which is DKI Jakarta since yesterday Wednesday (7/10/2020).

Today, groups of workers and students from various regions are holding demonstrations that are concentrated in two locations, namely the DPR RI building, Senayan, Central Jakarta; and Merdeka Palace, Central Jakarta.

Today’s demonstration ended in chaos, causing the destruction of public facilities, including the Transjakarta bus stop at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout and the traffic police post in Simpang Harmoni.

The Job Creation Law has been ratified by the DPR and the government in a plenary session in the DPR Building, Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday (10/5/2020).