DPR Promises to Revoke Suspect Status of 16 Trisakti University Students

Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) Saan Mustopa stated that the suspect status of 16 Trisakti University students, arrested during a demonstration marking the 27th anniversary of the Trisakti Tragedy in front of Jakarta City Hall last year, will be revoked. This statement was made by Saan when meeting Trisakti students during their demonstration in front of the DPR RI Building in Jakarta on Friday, 19 June 2026. Saan, along with Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad and Chairman of Commission III Habiburokhman, met the protesters atop a command vehicle. “Regarding the 16 Trisakti students, whose status remains as suspects but have not yet been processed, the Chairman of Commission III has communicated. Within the next week, God willing, the suspect status of those 16 Trisakti students will be revoked,” Saan said in front of the DPR RI Building. Saan and the DPR leadership met the student protesters after a demonstration rejecting the free nutritious meals programme, the ‘Red and White’ village cooperatives, and the fuel price hike took place on Friday afternoon. More than a thousand participants from a joint action involving Trisakti University, Esa Unggul University, Mercubuana University, and the Islamic Students Association (HMI) took part. The protesters, predominantly Trisakti students, dispersed after the DPR leadership met them at the gate on Friday at 20.00 WIB. The Metro Jaya Regional Police had previously named 16 Trisakti students as suspects for participating in a demonstration in front of Jakarta City Hall that ended in chaos. They were accused of committing criminal acts of incitement, affray, assault, and resisting officers. The police stated the incident occurred when protesters attempted to force their way into the City Hall complex and attacked internal security officers guarding the gate. Police charged the suspects under several articles of the Criminal Code (KUHP), namely Article 160 on incitement, Article 170 on joint violence, Article 351 on assault, and Articles 212, 216, and 218 on resisting officers. The penalties for these articles range from four months to six years in prison.