A clash between Tanah Abang street vendors and Public Order Agency involved three scavengers

News24xx.com -  On January 17 2018, a clash between Tanah Abang street vendors and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers has occured. The clash started at 10 a.m. when the officers attempted to close down the sidewalk vendors following the construction of a pedestrian bridge that has space for stalls. 

The vendors reportedly threw rocks at the officers.

And now, the police have arrested a man, identified as AM, in connection with a clash between street vendors and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. Before, the police previously arrested two other people in the case, identified only as EW, 28, and SE, 54, for allegedly urging street vendors to resist the raid and for throwing rocks and steel handlebars at the officers. 

Tanah Abang Police chief Sr. Adj. Comr. Lukman Cahyono, as reported by kompas.com on Wednesday said, “We arrested an additional suspect on Sunday night. He works as a scavenger."

Lukman said the police found out about the suspect by questioning eyewitnesses, who included Public Order Agency officers and vendors on Jl. Jatibaru Raya, and by viewing video footage of the clash.

“According to our investigation, [AM] threw a paving block at a Satpol PP car,” Lukman said.

AM has been charged under Article 170 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) on violence against a person or property in public, which carries a maximum five-year prison sentence upon conviction.

 

 

 

 

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