Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo announced that Jakarta Public Order Agency chief Harianto Badjoeri would be suspended and the agency thoroughly reviewed.
His announcement, during his first-ever questioning by the City Council on Friday, comes two days after a huge riot involving 2,000 officers from the agency, known as Satpol PP, and hundreds of local residents protecting the tomb of an 18th-century cleric in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. It left three Satpol PP officers dead and more than 140 people hurt, and cost the city Rp 23 billion.
Harianto’s suspension, Fauzi said, was to smooth an investigation by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) into Wednesday’s events.
Amid calls for the Satpol PP to be disbanded, Fauzi only said the agency would be evaluated, including its institutional structure, human resources, logistics and operating procedures.
Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi, whose ministry oversees all public order agencies, maintained it was not possible to disband them, or “there will be people placing advertisements as they wish, and streets would be filled with illegal vendors.”
Meanwhile, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with two descendants of Mbah Priok and vowed his grave would be protected as a cultural heritage.
His announcement, during his first-ever questioning by the City Council on Friday, comes two days after a huge riot involving 2,000 officers from the agency, known as Satpol PP, and hundreds of local residents protecting the tomb of an 18th-century cleric in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. It left three Satpol PP officers dead and more than 140 people hurt, and cost the city Rp 23 billion.
Harianto’s suspension, Fauzi said, was to smooth an investigation by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) into Wednesday’s events.
Amid calls for the Satpol PP to be disbanded, Fauzi only said the agency would be evaluated, including its institutional structure, human resources, logistics and operating procedures.
Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi, whose ministry oversees all public order agencies, maintained it was not possible to disband them, or “there will be people placing advertisements as they wish, and streets would be filled with illegal vendors.”
Meanwhile, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with two descendants of Mbah Priok and vowed his grave would be protected as a cultural heritage.
