Viral riot occurred during KRL engineering at Parungpanjang station

Bogor – Video shows a riot at Parungpanjang Station, Bogor, West Java, Viral on Social Media (Social Media). Police said the riot occurred when there was an engineering of the KRL journey due to protests surrounding the DPR yesterday. In the video seen by AFP on Tuesday (8/26/2025), the event took place Monday (8/25) night. Officers at the station via speakers asked passengers to stay calm. Browse to continue the content, it seems that there are passengers who cross the rails to enter the operator’s room. The sound of screaming the passengers at the Parungpanjang station in the video. In his narrative, the uploader said that there were passengers who turned on smoke and flames or torches. In addition, officers and other passengers who tried to break up the riot. Parungpanjang police chief commissioner Suharto said the incident happened at 23:23 WIB yesterday. He said there was a misunderstanding at the station. “The pendle line passengers when at Tanah Abang Station the train on board by Tanah Abang station went to Rangkossbitung station aboard Tanah Abang station,” he said. He said the train apparently only arrived at Parungpanjang station. According to him, this happened because there was a change in the pattern of train activities during protests around the parliament building. “Due to the dismissal of the train at Parungpanjang station, there was a build -up of passengers to Rangkasbitung station for 20 minutes so that passengers were disappointed,” he said. On 23.43 Wib, he said, the train arrived at Rangkasbitung station with number 1820 at Parungpanjang station. “The actions of the passengers who piled up at Parungpanjang station did not cause any damage in the station area,” he said. (RDH/HAF)