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        "id": 1928724,
        "msgid": "police-say-student-protesters-carried-sharp-weapons-bem-field-coordinator-not-ui-students-1787133231",
        "date": "2026-08-19 16:25:27",
        "title": "Police Say Student Protesters Carried Sharp Weapons, BEM Field Coordinator: Not UI Students!",
        "author": "Teguh Firmansyah",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The field coordinator for the University of Indonesia student executive body (BEM UI) has denied that UI students were responsible for sharp weapons found during a protest in Jakarta. Police reportedly discovered a knife and a machete at the demonstration. The coordinator stated that organisers had consistently urged participants not to bring dangerous objects.",
        "content": "<p>The field coordinator for the University of Indonesia student\nexecutive body (BEM UI) protest, Hafidz Haernanda, has stressed that the\norganisers had urged demonstrators not to bring dangerous objects during\nthe expression of aspirations in Jakarta on Tuesday (18\/8\/2026). The\nstatement was made by Hafidz in response to findings by the Metro Jaya\nRegional Police of several sharp objects during the protest. Police\nfound one knife and one machete. Hafidz also stressed that those who\nbrought the sharp objects were not part of the UI students. \u201cNot UI\nstudents,\u201d Hafidz said via short message on Wednesday (19\/8\/2026). He\nsaid that from the outset his side had given appeals to the protesters\nnot to bring objects that could endanger the course of expressing\naspirations. \u201cWe always appeal,\u201d Hafidz said. Previously, the Metro Jaya\nRegional Police found several sharp objects during the student protest\nin Jakarta on Tuesday (18\/8\/2026). The objects found were one knife and\none machete.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-say-student-protesters-carried-sharp-weapons-bem-field-coordinator-not-ui-students-1787133231",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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