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        "msgid": "21-people-carrying-dangerous-items-detained-during-protest-1787050573",
        "date": "2026-08-18 17:27:08",
        "title": "21 people carrying dangerous items detained during protest",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Jakarta Metropolitan Police detained 21 individuals found carrying dangerous items such as firecrackers, flares and bottles intended for Molotov cocktails during a protest in Jakarta. Police said the detainees appeared to be outsiders unaffiliated with the student demonstrators and were suspected of trying to provoke clashes. Thousands of security personnel were deployed across the capital, with officers barred from carrying firearms.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Metro Jaya Regional Police, through its\nPreventive Strike and Preemptive Education teams, detained 21 people\nfound carrying dangerous items amid the deployment of thousands of\nsecurity personnel for a protest in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 21 individuals are currently being questioned at the Metro Jaya\nPolice\u2019s Criminal Investigation Directorate regarding dangerous items\nsuch as firecrackers, flares, and bottles prepared as triggers for\nMolotov cocktails,\u201d said Metro Jaya Police Head of Public Relations,\nSenior Commissioner Budi Hermanto, in Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests were carried out as part of preventive efforts to prevent\nan escalation of unrest during the protest.<\/p>\n<p>Based on initial findings, police revealed that the detained\nindividuals were suspected of not being affiliated with the student\ngroups staging the protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are indicated to be outsiders intending to exploit the\nsituation to provoke conflict and clashes between security officers and\nprotest participants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe personnel prepared consist of 5,670 from the Metro Jaya Police,\n222 from resort police units, 1,500 from the Indonesian National Armed\nForces, and 1,850 under the operational control of the National Police\nHeadquarters,\u201d Budi said.<\/p>\n<p>The security deployment was spread across several critical points in\nCentral Jakarta, East Jakarta, and South Jakarta, including to secure a\nseries of public activities in celebration of the 81st anniversary of\nthe Republic of Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding security procedures, he stressed that all security\npersonnel are strictly prohibited from carrying firearms, in accordance\nwith the directive of the Metro Jaya Police Chief and the applicable\nStandard Operating Procedure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirearms must not be carried during the provision of services for\nthe expression of opinions in public. We convey this professionally and\nhumanely,\u201d Budi said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/21-people-carrying-dangerous-items-detained-during-protest-1787050573",
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