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Mysterious Mobs Dispersing Protesters in Pejompongan

From Tempo · () Indonesian

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  • Unidentified men arrived by truck in Pejompongan after police dispersed protesters near Jakarta’s Parliament complex on Aug. 27, Tempo reported.
  • The men attacked people in the street, injuring several, while some demonstrators fought back, according to a local neighborhood leader.

Aban Sobandi kept his eyes on the crowds along Jalan Pejompongan Raya in Central Jakarta on the night of Aug. 27, searching for residents from his neighborhood who had become caught up in a mass protest.

Hundreds of people had gathered in the streets after demonstrating outside the Parliament complex in Senayan. Police dispersed the crowd with tear gas, and many protesters regrouped in Pejompongan.

At first, the area appeared calm. That changed between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., when a truck stopped beneath the Pejompongan flyover carrying dozens of men. The unidentified group then charged toward people in the street from the direction of the flyover.

Several people were injured in beatings, while some demonstrators fought back. “The attacks came back and forth,” Aban, the head of Neighborhood Association 002 in Bendungan Hilir, told Tempo on Sept. 1.

The attacks came back and forth.

· Aban SobandiThe local neighborhood leader described clashes between unidentified men and demonstrators in Pejompongan.
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