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        "id": 1592253,
        "msgid": "ojol-in-a-rage-hundreds-of-drivers-attack-and-damage-unm-campus-facilities-in-makassar-1772776814",
        "date": "2026-03-06 11:33:13",
        "title": "Ojol in a rage! Hundreds of drivers attack and damage UNM campus facilities in Makassar",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "berita",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Hundreds of online motorcycle taxi drivers attacked and damaged facilities at Universitas Negeri Makassar after a colleague was allegedly beaten by students during a demonstration that blocked the campus road. Police were deployed to quell the unrest, while the university and authorities pledged to address the damage and prosecute those responsible. The incident exposes tensions between ojol workers, students and campus authorities, and raises questions about safety and disruption to university operations.",
        "content": "<p>Makassar, VIVA - The facilities at Universitas Negeri Makassar (UNM)\nwere damaged by hundreds of online motorcycle taxi drivers (ojol) after\na fellow driver was allegedly beaten by students during a demonstration\nthat blocked the road in front of the campus on Jalan Andi Pangeran\nPettarani in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Thursday evening, 5 March\n2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sequence was that we were delivering a food order. From us ojol,\nwe had asked the demonstrators to open the road so we could complete the\ndeliveries. But they did not want to, and then suddenly I was attacked,\u201d\nsaid Emil, a driver and victim, quoted on Friday, 6 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to not being allowed to pass, the victim was also beaten\nby a student, and his motorcycle was damaged. His younger brother was\nalso reportedly attacked by them. What possessed the students to unleash\nsuch anger remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe motorbike was damaged, smashed. So far only one has been\nconfirmed as damaged; we don\u2019t know if other colleagues\u2019 motorcycles\nwere damaged. My younger brother was also beaten; a medical examination\nis currently underway and the campus has taken responsibility,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on the ojol drivers became known after news that a\ncolleague had been beaten by protesting students and that his motorcycle\nhad been damaged in the late afternoon ahead of iftar. The news sparked\nsolidarity among fellow ojol. They retaliated with stones, driving the\nstudents back and into their campus.<\/p>\n<p>With hundreds of ojol arriving, they surged into the campus while\nchasing students who were fleeing. They damaged windows and other\nfacilities on the ground floor of the Pinisi Building while looking for\nthe perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>Upon learning of the incident, police from Makassar\u2019s Polrestabes\nwere deployed to dampen the vandalism and prevent it from spreading, and\nto maintain a conducive situation. The Makassar City Police Chief even\nstepped in to calm the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod willing, we will fulfil the wishes of our ojol colleagues,\u201d said\nArya Perdana, the Makassar City Police Chief. \u201cWe will prosecute the\nperpetrators (of the beating) and repair the damaged motorcycles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the presence of hundreds of ojol was a sign of\nsolidarity with their colleague who had been beaten, particularly since\nthey were out delivering customer orders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incident involved a fellow ojol having a disagreement with the\nprotesters (blocked off). His motorcycle was also damaged. Because of\nthe solidarity among ojol, they gathered to demand justice,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>",
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