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Anger over President Joko Widodo’s refusal to intervene in the ongoing battle between the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) and the police may have gone from a war of words into real-life criminal activities.
A Pro-Jokowi (Projo) volunteer named Aris Budi Setiadi said that the windshield of his car was smashed by an unidentified man while he was parked near the Projo office in Pancoran, South Jakarta today sometime between 1pm to 2pm.
According to Budi, there were ten cars parked there at that time. “But only my car was damaged,” he said, as quoted by Tempo.
In addition to smashing the windshield, the assailant also stole something from Budi’s car.
“They took a black bag containing an iPad and files,” he said.
Budi would not confirm what was contained in the missing files, though Tempo speculates that those files might have been the culprit’s true targets.
Budi said the political situation is tense, especially when Projo supporters began making loud statements about the government. “Yesterday we asked Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno to be removed,” Budi said, presumably due to Tedjo’s “enggak jelas” comments.
But Budi declined to speculate about why his car was targeted by the vandal. He said he had not received any threats or seen anything suspicious recently.
