Palmerah Sub-district Head Proposes Revoking KJP for Students Involved in Stabbing, Highlights Unsupervised Free Time

Two students with the initials AS and MF have been arrested by police for the stabbing of a fellow student, identified as F, in Palmerah, West Jakarta. Palmerah Sub-district Head Febriandi Suharto has raised the possibility of sanctions involving the revocation of the Jakarta Smart Card (KJP) for the two vocational school perpetrators. “In accordance with existing regulations, there is a clause that provincial education assistance programmes can be withdrawn for students whose behaviour is deemed unacceptable,” Febriandi said, as quoted by Antara on Thursday (11/6/2026). Febriandi explained that the administrative sanction of revoking the education aid would be recommended directly by the perpetrators’ schools. However, the recommendation can only be issued after the official results of the investigation by law enforcement authorities are available. “Of course, this must follow the applicable rules. The recommendation from the school will be based on the investigation conducted by the police,” he stated. Beyond highlighting the KJP revocation sanction, Febriandi assessed that the violent incident occurred amid a reduction in teaching and learning activities ahead of the school holidays. He noted that the large amount of unstructured free time among students is a factor that needs to be anticipated. “The idle time of our children and younger siblings is something we need to anticipate together to prevent such incidents. Together with the Education Agency, we will try to reach out to schools in the coming days to provide guidance,” he said. The sub-district, along with the four-pillar elements (government, military, police, and community), will also tighten routine security patrols on Saturday nights and Wednesdays. Additionally, daytime surveillance around school areas will be increased to anticipate potential friction between students. Palmerah Police Sector officers apprehended the two vocational students, AS and MF, while they were taking exams at their school on Wednesday (10/6). The two were arrested after being proven to have stabbed another student, F, in Gang T, Palmerah Barat VI, on Tuesday (9/6) morning. As a result of the attack, which involved a belt and a sickle, the victim F suffered a laceration on his right shoulder and required seven stitches at the hospital. Palmerah Police Sector confirmed that the legal process will proceed with reference to the Child Protection Law for the underage perpetrators.