Crowds set fire to the police post, bus stop and cinema in Senen Central Jakarta



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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

The mob allegedly set fire to several public facilities in the area. Senen Market, Central Jakarta, Thursday (10/8) night. This is following the demonstration of rejection. all the law Jakarta’s Job Creation Law that ended in chaos.

Based on monitoring CNNIndonesia.com at the Simpang Lima Senen location, the police post, the Transjakarta bus stop and the Grand Theater cinema around the area caught fire.

“Earlier, around 9 o’clock, the theater was set ablaze by the masses,” said a local resident who did not want to be named. CNNIndonesia.com.


Apart from these residents, CNNIndonesia.com Two other neighbors also asked, who said that the mass had burned down the facility.

Until this news was written, the fire at the police station and stop was out. However, the fire in the Grand Theater kept rising.

Two fire trucks have arrived at the scene.

Meanwhile, around the scene, police were patrolling using motorcycles to search for the remaining mass.

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan stated that he would immediately repair public facilities in Jakarta that were damaged during the demonstration against the Omnibus Bill. According to him, dozens of facilities were damaged.

“As of this afternoon, all roads, all public facilities, will be safe. There are 11 bus stops that are totally damaged, we will repair them all,” Anies said at the HI Jakarta roundabout on Thursday (8/10).

Anies estimated that the cost needed to repair the damage was Rs 25 billion. However, the permanent stop could not be repaired immediately. Closer handling, DKI will build a temporary stop.

PT Transportation Jakarta or Transjakarta predicts that losses due to the anarchist demonstration against the Cipta Kerja Omnibus Law in Jakarta will lead to material losses of up to 45 billion rupees.

(yoa / pmg)

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