A demonstration commemorating International Labor Day or May Day, May 1 2024 at the Makassar State University Campus, South Sulawesi, ended in chaos. Local police officers arrested five people who were considered provocateurs.

"We have arrested five people, we have trained the others (dozens). We have handed them over to the campus," said Makassar Police Chief Commissioner Mokh Ngajib at the UNM Makassar campus, Wednesday evening (2/5/2024).

A demonstration commemorating International Labor Day or May Day, May 1 2024 at the Makassar State University Campus, South Sulawesi, ended in chaos. Local police officers arrested five people who were considered provocateurs.

The incident started when students burned used tires in front of Jalan Pendidikan, next to the local campus, when the demonstration time ended after sunset, then the authorities fired tear gas to break up the demonstration, so that the protest participants ran into the campus.

The officers then rushed into the campus to the student secretariat and immediately arrested dozens of students. At the same time, members found five people drinking traditional Ballo liquor and confiscated five bottles as evidence.

"It was (secured) after the action was over. There was a burning of tires there and we controlled it, then we entered here (campus). Coincidentally, there were several people burning (tyres). There was Ballo drinking (five people), but we have secured it. "The situation is safe, orderly and under control," he explained to journalists.

The five people who were suspected of consuming Ballo alcohol were detained by officers at the police station, while dozens of other students were gathered in the campus area to be given direction from the police and then handed over to the UNM campus for guidance.