About 100 app-based ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers gathered at the Green Pramuka City apartment complex in Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday, after a security guard allegedly assaulted one of their colleagues
bout 100 app-based ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers gathered at the Green Pramuka City apartment complex in Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday, after a security guard allegedly assaulted one of their colleagues.
Cempaka Putih Police chief Comr. Rosiana Nurwidajati confirmed the incident on Thursday, saying that the drivers received information about the alleged incident from a WhatsApp group.
“They came to show solidarity, not to partake in violence as they had learned from the Senen incident,” Rosiana said as quoted by kompas.com, referring to an incident in Senen last month when online ojek drivers destroyed a car and beat up its driver.
The drivers dispersed after receiving information from an ojek driver and a security guard posted at police headquarters.
The police said the incident started when the driver was reprimanded by the security guard three times for stopping in a no-parking zone at the apartment entrance.
The security guard allegedly punched the driver twice after his warnings went unheeded. The driver then reported the alleged assault to the police, who charged the security guard.
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