500 officers guard City Hall

500 officers guard City Hall

JAKARTA: Public Order Agency officers are guarding City Hall
around the clock for fear of retaliatory attacks following the
shooting death of gang member John Albert on Friday night.

Agency head Soebagio said on Sunday he had no plan to move
about 500 public order officers from City Hall on Jl. Medan
Merdeka Selatan until the gang Albert belonged to retracted its
threat to attack City Hall.

"The officers will continue to guard City Hall because the
threat from Hercules' gang is serious. So far, they have damaged
at least two vehicles they thought were owned by the Public Order
Agency," he told The Jakarta Post.

Hercules is the leader of the gang to which Albert belonged.

Albert was shot by a public order officer on Wednesday on a
plot of disputed land in Kuningan, South Jakarta. He died in the
hospital on Friday night. --JP