City Hall Security Tightened
access_time July 20 2016 01:53 PM remove_red_eye 1386
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
The security of City Hall at Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta is tightened. It is based on Jakarta Governor, Basuki T. Purnama’s instruction. Public Bureau has asked back up from city police to add the personnel.
We has asked back up from city police to guard City Hall
Agustino Dharmawan, bureau head, admitted there was a security threat at City Hall.
“We has asked back up from city police to guard City Hall,” he said, Wednesday (7/20).
Terrorism Is Not Islam, Djarot SaysThe threat information was delivered by Basuki to him on Tuesday (7/19). But he did not know what kind of threat.
“There is still no official report about this. We only asked to tighten the security,” he added.
According to him, there are 40 pamdal officers deployed to check people entering City Hall complex.