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Offices, shopping malls beef up security amid rally
A number of office and mall managements in Central Jakarta intensified on Friday security measures within and around their respective compounds in anticipation of the impact of a large-scale rally downtown.
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High alert: Security officers stand by in front of Wisma Antara building on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan in Jakarta on Friday in anticipation of the impact of a large-scale rally in front of the nearby State Palace. (JP/Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)
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number of office and mall managements in Central Jakarta intensified on Friday security measures within and around their respective compounds in anticipation of the impact of a large-scale rally downtown.
Telecommunications firm Indosat Ooredoo beefed up security at its headquarters on Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat, which is located only less than a kilometer away from the State Palace, where tens of thousands of protesters gathered in front of its compound on Friday afternoon.
“We are closing our entrance gates. We have also deployed 40 security officers, much higher than on regular days when we put only 15 officers on standby,” Ugi Setiawan, one of the building’s security officers, told The Jakarta Post.
On nearby Jl. MH Thamrin, upscale venues like the Grand Indonesia and Plaza Indonesia shopping malls and the Grand Hyatt hotel erected wire gates in front of their buildings.
Most buildings on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan and Jl. Sarinah also did the same thing. Employees, however, are still allowed to work inside the buildings.
“People can only enter the building through one gate, which is from the South gate," Suwarno, a Grand Hyatt security guard, said. (hwa)
