May Day; Police Dispatching 26,000 Men to Secure Jakarta
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30 April 2019 18:08 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Metro Police to deploy 26,000 joint troops to secure the capital on Labor Day tomorrow, May 1. Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said the officers dispatched would come from the National Police Force, the TNI, and the Jakarta Province's Satpol PP.
"Our men will be posted in areas where workers will gather," Argo said in Jakarta, Thursday, April 30.
He said that the laborers would be concentrated near the State Palace and the Senayan Tennis Court area. Argo said that the police received no information about mass gatherings and rallies other than in those two locations.
Earlier, Argo said that the Jakarta Police received 14 letters notifying about May Day rallies for tomorrow.
"Some planned to have the rally in Istora Senayan, but they moved it to Kelapa Gading before finally deciding on the Istora Senayan indoor tennis court," he said.
Previously, the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) announced that it will mobilize 50,000 people from Jakarta alone to hold May Day rally in front of the State Palace.
M Yusuf Manurung
