A number of mass demonstrations on Thursday around the Merdeka Square in Medan were forcibly dispersed by the security forces this afternoon. This was confirmed by one of the Thursday participants, Gray Anugrah Sembiring, on Thursday (7/7).

Gray said the chronology of their action began at 10:00 this morning. he explained that at the action they had only unfurled banners and posters while chanting "Long live the victim, don't be silent, fight!" with the content of revising the R-KUHP (Draft of the Criminal Code) openly and removing anti-democratic articles in the R-KUHP article.

However, in the midst of the action, there were steps to disband and forcibly confiscate banners and posters of the participants in the action by the security forces. Then he added that the police and the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) immediately escorted and surrounded the participants in the action, limiting their space for movement. "In fact, we have not taken the slightest anarchic step," he said.

Staff of the North Sumatran People's Legal and Advocacy Aid Association (BAKUMSU) Christian Hutahean also said that regarding the action, a notification letter had actually been sent directly to the police. However, he admitted that the letter was not well received by the police due to President Jokowi's arrival today. He also explained that the police were still using the excuse of a permit and intimidating them at the time of the disbandment of the action.

With this disbandment, Christian, who was also present at the action, deeply regrets the steps taken by the police in securing the participants. Christian regretted the destruction of action equipment by the police and other security forces. "And we were escorted until we were surrounded by dozens of police even to see President Jokowi," he concluded.