inp.polri.go. id - Jakarta. Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita hopes that the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) in each region can help secure industrial areas from thuggery activities that disrupt the business world.

Minister Agus said that to overcome thuggery activities in industrial areas, it is necessary to work together with various parties to lay order against activities that have negative impact on the investment world.

"We hope that Satpol PP in various regions will also step in to help industrial areas that are indeed quite disturbed by the presence of thugs," said the Minister of Industry on Monday (2/17/2025).

Minister of Industry explained that thuggery can be by groups that use the name of a community organization but can also be by individuals whose goal is to blackmail companies.

Furthermore, Agus said that thuggery in industrial areas has the potential to change the attitudes and desires of foreign investors who want to invest their capital in the country.

The Minister of Industry admitted that he had received reports regarding thuggery in industrial areas before the Indonesian Industrial Area Association (HKI) announced it to the public about the problem that had a negative impact on the business world.

Based on the HKI report, due to thuggery, industrial areas in the country have lost up to trillions of rupiah due to investment cancellations and investors leaving the industrial area. Mass organization thuggery often occurs in Bekasi, Karawang, East Java and Batam.

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