Thousands of demonstrators calling themselves the Palu City Student Alliance held a demonstration to oversee the Constitutional Court's decision in front of the Central Sulawesi Provincial DPRD office, Jalan Samratulangi, Palu City, Friday (23/8) which ended in a clash.

The demonstrators took turns giving speeches in front of the Central Sulawesi DPRD office, asking to be able to enter the office to convey their aspirations to the council members.

However, the demonstrators' wishes did not receive approval from the police, because the demonstrators did not want only representatives to hold an audience and asked all demonstrators to enter, so the demonstrators tried to break through to enter the police guard line.

The pushing and throwing action caused the officers to paralyze the demonstrators using tear gas and asking the demonstrators to retreat. In the security led by the Palu Police Chief, Senior Commissioner Pol Barliansyah, they continued to ask the demonstrators to disperse.

Radar Sulteng's monitoring showed that hundreds of personnel who were prepared continued to ask the demonstrators to retreat, until they reached the S.Parman intersection. The police set up a fortification so that the demonstrators could disperse.

Clashes between the police and students were inevitable, stones were thrown, tear gas was fired by the police, a number of police personnel became "ferocious" chasing students and making the students scatter and were followed by the police chasing the students, until a number of students were successfully secured and several students were injured, both minor and serious injuries.

Four students who were secured by the police have been sent home by signing a letter of agreement.

Based on data obtained by Radar Sulteng, the injured students were named Thoriq Gifani, a student of the FISIP majoring in Government Science who suffered a wound on his left temple, Rafi Akbar, a student of the FISIP Untad majoring in communication who suffered a torn wound on his left ear almost severed and Ayub, a student of the Faculty of Forestry Untad, was treated at the Bhayangkara Hospital unconscious.

Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs of Untad, Sagaf, said that three Untad students were victims during a demonstration to monitor the Constitutional Court (MK) decision in front of the Central Sulawesi DPRD Building, Palu City, Friday (23/8).

"One person is still being treated at the Bhayangkara Hospital in Palu," he said.

He explained that the victim was a new student from the Faculty of Forestry, Untad. Meanwhile, another student has returned to his residence.

The student who was being treated at that time was already conscious and received intensive care from the hospital. The student was taken to the Bhayangkara Hospital in an unconscious condition.

"I also had time to communicate with the victim. I told the hospital to please treat him optimally," said Sagaf.

Meanwhile, one of the students who was suspected of being hit in the ear is currently being treated at the Undata Hospital in Palu. Sagaf reiterated that the university had told the hospital to provide the best possible health services.

Until this news was published, the police had not provided a statement to journalists.