KPAI urges citizens not to broadcast videos of children in anarchist demonstrations

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The President of the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) Susanto appealed to the public not to distribute videos of children who were victims of the chaotic demonstration of the Job Creation Law.

According to Susanto, until Thursday (10/15/2020), his party received many videos of children who were victims of anarchist demonstrations.

“What we have to say, do not make videos of child victims of demonstrations,” said Susanto at his press conference, Thursday (10/15/2020).

“We receive a lot of videos, yes there are children who are thrown body, stomach, etc.,” he continued.

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Susanto said that the distribution of videos of child victims of anarchist demonstrations was not justified.

“This is not allowed neither in the Child Protection Law nor in Law Number 11 of 2012,” he said.

It is known that up to 1,377 people were detained by the police during the push demonstration. all the law The Job Creation Law that ended in chaos in Jakarta, Tuesday (10/13/2020).

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Of these, there are five students who are still at the elementary school (SD) level.

“Of the 1,377 evaluated, 75-80 percent are schoolchildren. There are even five primary school children who are around 10 years old,” Polda Metro Public Relations Chief Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus told reporters on Wednesday (14 / 10/2020).

Yusri explained that there were at least 900 insured students, while the rest were students and unemployed.

“The rest are unemployed, there are students. They said, ‘They invited me and they invited me to riots,'” he said.