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        "id": 1804074,
        "msgid": "police-block-bem-ubk-protesters-at-tugu-tani-area-1781513739",
        "date": "2026-06-15 15:16:00",
        "title": "Police Block BEM UBK Protesters at Tugu Tani Area",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Jakarta police formed a human barricade to prevent students from Bung Karno University from marching to the Patung Kuda area, leading to a standoff and brief traffic paralysis. The demonstrators, demanding a 'Reordering of Indonesia', sought to deliver six demands including a review of the free nutritious meal programme and fuel price hikes. The action follows a similar blockade of University of Indonesia students last week, highlighting escalating tensions over protest restrictions in the capital.",
        "content": "<p>Personnel from the Central Jakarta Metro Resort Police blocked the\nmovement of protesters from the Bung Karno University Student Executive\nBoard (BEM UBK) who were planning to hold a demonstration in the Tugu\nTani area, Central Jakarta. Based on Tempo\u2019s observations at the scene,\nthe police carried out the blockade by forming a human barricade that\nclosed off the entire Tugu Tani road heading towards Medan Merdeka\nTimur. The blockade was met with pushing and shoving by the students.\n\u201cOpen up! We only want to convey the people\u2019s aspirations!\u201d the students\nshouted at the officers on guard on Monday, 15 June 2026. The blockade\ntemporarily paralysed traffic flow in the Tugu Tani area for over ten\nminutes. Subsequently, the BEM UBK action coordinator attempted to\nnegotiate with the police officers on duty. BEM UBK questioned the\npolice\u2019s action of blocking the protesters\u2019 movement towards the Patung\nKuda area. \u201cWhat is the reason we are prohibited from going there? The\nconstitution guarantees freedom of expression,\u201d said BEM UBK Coordinator\nM. Abdi Maludin. In today\u2019s demonstration, BEM UBK and its alliance\ncarried the theme \u2018Reordering Indonesia\u2019, bringing six demands for the\nadministration of President Prabowo Subianto. The six demands include\ntemporarily suspending and evaluating the free nutritious meal project\nand the Merah Putih Village Cooperatives, and reviewing the Police Law.\nThey also demand an end to militarism and the upholding of civilian\nsupremacy, urge the government to take strategic steps to maintain the\nstability of the rupiah exchange rate and national economic resilience,\nand demand the government provide inclusive, high-quality, and\naffordable education rights for all Indonesian people. \u201cLastly, we\ndemand that the government review the increase in fuel prices because it\nburdens the public,\u201d Abdi stated. Regarding the escalation in protester\nnumbers, Abdi said that internally BEM UBK estimated the crowd at around\n200 people. However, with the joining of several other campus\norganisations, the number of protesters was certain to increase. The\n\u2018Reordering Indonesia\u2019 demonstration stemmed from the results of\ninternal consolidation and studies by the BEM at UBK, which view the\ncountry\u2019s condition as being in decline. This condition, Abdi said, can\nbe seen in the emergence of various demands, from the discourse of\n\u2018Reformasi Jilid 2\u2019 to actions demanding the free nutritious meal\nprogramme be halted. Previously, a student demonstration was also held\nby the University of Indonesia BEM alliance on Friday, 12 June 2026. The\naction, planned for the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout area, failed to take\nplace after the protesters were blocked by joint TNI-Polri officers in\nthe Jalan MH. Thamrin-Sudirman area. Police reasoned that the Hotel\nIndonesia Roundabout area is not permitted to be a demonstration site,\nciting a Jakarta Governor Regulation that designates the area as a\nbusiness and traffic epicentre.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-block-bem-ubk-protesters-at-tugu-tani-area-1781513739",
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