CCTV Damaged During Protest, Pramono Orders Investigation

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has asked the Jakarta Communication, Informatics and Statistics Agency (Diskominfotik) to investigate the vandalism of surveillance cameras, or CCTV, during a demonstration in Jakarta.

Pramono said public facilities must not be damaged during activities to express aspirations. He requested that the identities of those responsible for the damage, as well as their motives, be studied to determine the next steps.

“Regarding the CCTV damage, I will certainly ask the Head of Diskominfotik to look into who did it and what their purpose was,” Pramono said in South Jakarta on Friday (28/8).

According to him, if the perpetrators are successfully identified, the Jakarta Provincial Government will take further action. The destruction of such facilities, Pramono said, is not permitted.

“If it can be detected, we will certainly take further action on behalf of the government, because this is not allowed at all,” he stressed.

Pramono had previously emphasised that demonstrations are part of a democratic country and are permitted as long as they follow the applicable procedures.

However, the freedom to express opinions does not include acts of vandalism or anarchic actions.

Meanwhile, the Jakarta Provincial Government immediately carried out clean-up operations after the protest ended. Field officers were deployed to restore the condition of several roads and affected facilities so that public activities in the morning could return to relative normality.

The Jakarta Provincial Government denied reports claiming that CCTV cameras belonging to the regional government in the Hotel Indonesia (HI) Roundabout area were inactive during the demonstration.

The measure was taken to support real-time city monitoring while accelerating public service responses and area security.