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        "id": 1713325,
        "msgid": "may-day-2026-in-bandung-turns-chaotic-police-confirm-perpetrators-not-from-labour-groups-1777665044",
        "date": "2026-05-02 02:00:43",
        "title": "May Day 2026 in Bandung Turns Chaotic, Police Confirm Perpetrators Not from Labour Groups",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "On May Day 2026, unrest erupted in Bandung, West Java, during what was supposed to be a peaceful demonstration, but West Java Police Chief Irjen Rudi Setiawan clarified that no labour protests occurred in the region, with only student aspirations expressed elsewhere. The chaos on Jalan Tamansari was caused by around 150 unidentified individuals dressed in black and masking their faces, who appeared prepared for violence, carrying suspected Molotov cocktails and hard objects used to damage traffic lights and public facilities. This incident highlights concerns over orchestrated disruptions during significant labour holidays in Indonesia, prompting police vigilance to maintain order.",
        "content": "<p>West Java Police Chief Irjen Rudi Setiawan stated that there were no\nlabour demonstrations in the West Java region on Friday (1\/5). The\nactivities to voice aspirations were only carried out by students in the\nJatinangor area, Sumedang, as well as in the environment of the West\nJava DPRD.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rudi, the unrest that occurred in the Jalan Tamansari\narea, Bandung, did not originate from labour groups. He mentioned that\nthe crowd involved was actually an unknown group with characteristics of\nwearing all black and covering their faces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt turned out that in the afternoon towards evening, around 150\nunknown masses were seen, with the characteristics mentioned earlier of\nwearing black, covering their faces, of course covering their faces to\navoid detection of their identity, and then carrying fuel materials,\u201d\nsaid Rudi, quoted by detikJabar, Saturday (2\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>He said that the group was suspected of having prepared the unrest\naction. Rudi mentioned that this was evident from the equipment they\ncarried, including bottles filled with fuel suspected to be Molotov\ncocktails, as well as other hard objects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier we saw them doing sprinkling and so on, carrying bottles\nthat were already filled with oil or fuel with their fuses or in other\nwords Molotovs. Then other hard objects, because earlier they damaged\ntraffic lights, traffic lights, and other facility places, that was done\nby them,\u201d he explained.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/may-day-2026-in-bandung-turns-chaotic-police-confirm-perpetrators-not-from-labour-groups-1777665044",
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