Jakarta – Kabareskrim Polri, Komjen Syahardiantono, explained the information about the arrest of the riots at the end of August. He said there are 959 people mentioned as suspects related to riots. “Law enforcement is only carried out on the offenders who committed riots,” Syahardiantono said at a press conference on Wednesday (9/24/2025). Browse to continue the content, Syahardiantono said the law guarantees that people are making protests. He said the legal process was only carried out against those who were believed to have been involved in riots. He said there were 246 police reports related to riots at the end of August. The report was distributed to the criminal investigation police in 15 Pansda. “Of all the reports, national police have drafted a total of 959 suspects arrested with details of 664 suspects for adults and 295 children’s suspects,” he said. He said there were parties nominated as suspects because they allegedly detained others and invited riots through posters, direct broadcasts on social media and the WhatsApp group. He said the party is suspected of provoking. “Then the incitement of fire with violence against goods or people and also theft, looting of the DPRD office, prosecutors, governors, mako, poles, to Pospols (police posts),” he said. “Then, to save it a storage with Molotov bombs to perform anarchistic action earlier,” he continued. He said his party also obtained a number of evidence such as Molotov bombs, sharp weapons, posters of hate speech, stones, CCTV recordings and social media accounts allegedly used for provocation. According to their actions, the suspects were charged with various articles. “There are developments and we are committed to developing the matter to expose someone involved in sufficient evidence will be thoroughly treated in accordance with the applicable legislation,” he said. The following details have the suspects in the riots in August: 1 Jambi Regional Police: 6 Police Reports (MP) with 3 adult suspects2. Lampung Regional Police: 1 Police report with 1 adult suspect and seven children’s suspects3. South Sumatra Regional Police: 12 Police reports with 23 adult suspects and three suspects of children4. Banten Regional Police: 1 Police Report with 2 adult suspects5. Pansda Metro Jaya: 36 Police reports with 200 adult suspects and 32 children’s suspects6. Western -Java Regional Police: 30 Police reports with 80 adult suspects and 31 children suspects7. Central -java Regional Police: 40 Police reports with 80 adult suspects and 56 children’s suspects8. East Java Regional Police: 85 Police reports with 185 suspects for adults and 140 children’s suspects9. Pansda DIY: 9 Police reports with 4 adult suspects and 1 child suspect10. Pansda Bali: 4 Police reports with 10 adult suspects and 4 children’s suspects11. Pansda NTB: 2 Police reports with 15 adult suspects and 6 children’s suspects12. Western Kalimantan Regional Police: 3 Police reports with 1 adult suspect and 3 children’s suspects13. Eastern Kalimantan Regional Police: 1 Police Report with 7 adult suspects14. Pansda Sulbar: 2 Police reports with 2 adult suspects15. Southsulawesi Regional Police: 10 Police reports with 46 adult suspects and 13 children’s suspects16. Barekrim Polri: 4 Police reports with 5 adult suspects. (Ond/HAF)
Kabareskrim: 959 suspects were arrested at the end of August with regard to the riots
