Terrorist inmates at the Mobile Brigade Command Headquarters (Mako) branch of the Salemba Detention Center, Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java, rioted Friday (10/11/2017) afternoon at around 17.00 WITA. This resulted in a number of damages. However, the situation at the location is now conducive.

This statement was conveyed by Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the Indonesian National Police Brigadier General Rikwanto in his statement as quoted by detikcom, Friday. He explained that when a prisoner rioted, the authorities immediately took action to control the situation.

“Members of the picket from Sat III Pioneer took action by firing warning shots upwards. At this time the atmosphere can be calmed down by the Densus picket. After that, members are on standby while waiting for developments," he said.

According to Rikwanto, the trigger was that there were prisoners who did not accept being examined and provoked a commotion.
It was explained that after Friday prayers, the prisoners were put into their respective cells and searched by the Densus 88 team. The result was that four cellphones were found.

"Four cellphones were found, belonging to Juhanda, Saulihun, Kairul Anam, and Jumali," he said.

One of the detainees did not accept it and then provoked him. "It is true that with the inspection activities, one of the detainees did not accept it and provoked the officers with various words. Then there are members who are provoked by their words. Then there are prisoners who takbir loudly so that they provoke prisoners from the block next to them,” he explained.

As a result, riots ensued. A number of facilities in the detention center were damaged by the inmates. "The prison cell door was broken into, the gate of the block hallway, the window panes (in block C and block B)," said Rikwanto.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Martinus Sitompul, also straightened out a wild issue on social media that said the riot was triggered by the throwing of the Koran by the officers. He stated that it was a hoax.

"It's not true that there was a throwing of the Koran by the guard, what was there were the officers checking the books and objects in the cell. Currently the conditions of the detention house are conducive and the residents of the detention center are calm,” he said.

The head of the Mobile Brigade Corps, Inspector General Murad Ismail, said the same thing. He emphasized that it was not true that there were throwing of Korans and the burning of prison facilities as rumored. "Hoax," he said when asked for confirmation.