Jakarta – Last week there was tension in the jurisdiction of the Tamansari Police, West Jakarta. Hundreds of online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers went on a rampage and looked for a pedestrian who was hiding in a hotel in the Taman Sari area, West Jakarta.
As a result, the pedestrian hit one of the ojols and then fled to the hotel. The reason is simple, there was a disagreement when the pedestrian was almost hit on the road. As a result of the beating that was carried out by KDF (48) to an ojol, ojol’s colleagues around the location chased KDF. The number of ojols continues to grow as information is spread through instant messaging and social media.
The Taman Sari Police Chief AKBP Rohman Yonky also directly intervened in the evacuation process to catch the hiker. Yonky’s face looks tense. He didn’t want to cause commotion due to the vigilante action in his jurisdiction that night.
“Ojol is in solidarity and quickly goes viral. So the mass that gathers more and more people at night. Perhaps what Ojol’s colleagues receive is not a complete event. So many provocations are heard from the masses, which are mixed between ojol, the community, small children, mothers-to-be. Mother, everyone is watching,” Yonky told reporters last week.
Not only Yonky, during the evacuation process that night, the West Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Pol Pasma Royce also directly intervened. The two of them seemed busy suppressing the anger of the ojol masses. Yonky tried to calm them down using a loudspeaker.
“If you shouted by yourself, your voice couldn’t be strong, you ended up using a toa. But they still couldn’t, they didn’t want to back down either. Until my voice ran out, until now,” Yonky recalled.
“Especially when I arrived, the glass was broken. I also saw several broken pots. I was worried that provocations were developing. The information received by the masses could be incomplete, for fear that emotions would ignite and develop into anarchy. That’s what we are afraid of,” he said.
In addition, he was also worried about clashes between the mob and members of the police. With a very small number of police officers compared to the hundreds of masses, he is worried that apart from the masses, officers will also become victims.
“I’m worried that there will be clashes between the mob and the officers. I told the masses that we don’t have any problems. I also warned the ojol mass leaders not to let my members become victims because of securing this. Because the numbers are very unequal,” said Yonky .
However, behind the car, the ojol juatru mob followed up to the Police Headquarters.
“Initially I wanted to take them to the Polsek. It turned out that they were mass ojols who followed them to the Polsek. I thought it was safe. In fact, it became like the Polsek’s swarming,” said Yonky jokingly.
Due to this situation, the Pasma Police Chief ordered the perpetrators to be taken to the West Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters in Daan Mogot, Kebon Jeruk.
“Finally, on the orders of the Chief of Police, he was taken to the Police Headquarters and continued to be handled by the Police. And he is currently being detained there,” said Yonky ending his story.
Meanwhile, although it was seen that a number of hotel properties were damaged, Yonky said that until now no party had reported the loss. bembo
