Terrorism observer Al-Chaidar assessed that the riot at the Mako Brimob detention house, Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java, Tuesday (08/05/2018) night was bigger than the explosions in Sarinah and Kampung Melayu, Jakarta, some time ago. .

"This is a bigger incident than the Sarinah bombing and the Kampung Melayu bombing," said Chaidar, a lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Malikussaleh University, Lhokseumawe, Aceh, who also lives in Depok, to hidayatullah.com, last night, Wednesday.

He considered that the riots occurred because the convicts of terrorism cases were offended by the authorities.

"They are hurt by the police's actions to throw the Koran (in) November 2017," he said.

Meanwhile, according to hidayatullah.com's monitoring last night, at locations around the Mobile Brigade Headquarters, the road leading to the Brimob Headquarters area was blocked by the police.

Vehicles passing from Jl Raya Access UI to Jl Komjen Pol M Jasin, where the Mako Brimob complex is located, cannot go straight, they can only go to an intersection, go to Jl Nusantara, or to Jl Kelapa Dua Raya, or turn around. Traffic is congested around the intersection.

Journalists who wanted to cover some of them were no longer allowed to enter the Mobile Brigade Headquarters via Jl Komjen Pol M Jasin. Journalists were also checked for press cards and personal identity cards (KTP), as well as the contents of their luggage. Some can enter after going through layers of security.

Residents who want to pass are also not allowed, even though this media saw two people on motorbikes passing after being shouted "where are you going?" by officers.
As previously reported, according to the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Headquarters, M Iqbal, the rioting at the Mobile Brigade Headquarters was triggered when guards inspected food shipments from prisoners' families which took a long time, thus sparking the anger of the prisoners.

"We have to verify food shipments according to the SOP, so that an incident occurs," said Iqbal at the Mobile Brigade Command Headquarters