Chief of Public Relations Division of the Indonesian National Police Inspector General Anton Charliyan said the police had deployed 1,500 apparatus in Medan following the clash between two community organizations, Pemuda Pancasila and Ikatan Pemuda Karya (IPK), January 30, 2016. Image: Istimewa

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Chief of Public Relations Division of the Indonesian National Police Inspector General Anton Charliyan said the police had deployed 1,500 apparatus in Medan following the clash between two community organizations, Pemuda Pancasila and Ikatan Pemuda Karya (IPK).

“We’ve deployed a joint team of 1,500 personnel from Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and the national police to be on alert,” Anto said on Sunday (31/1).

According to Anton, the police are also still investigating the cause of the clash.

He also said that the clash has left two people dead but it is not known yet from which side the victims are from.

“We’re still identifying the dead victims and counting the number of injured victims,” he added.

Anton also said that the police have yet to detain any suspects involved in this case; yet he said that as of now, the police are still questioning a number of witnesses.

Anton further said that the incident began when Ikatan Pemuda Karya held an event by using motorcycles and passed by the headquarter of Pemuda Pancasila on Saturday afternoon.

When members of Ikatan Pemuda Karya were near the headquarter of Pemuda Pancasila, the clash broke out.

“Maybe members of Pemuda Pancasila felt disturbed or maybe because there have been conflicts between the two sides before. We’re still investigating this,” he added.

DIKO OKTARA



