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Female police officers in hijab guard FPI protest

Jakarta Globe - January 23, 2017

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Jakarta – Police deployed female officers clad in hijab, the Muslim head covering, to guard a protest by hardline group Islamic Defenders Front on Monday (23/01) in front of the Jakarta Police headquarters on Jalan Trunojoyo, South Jakarta.

FPI leader Rizieq Shihab was today interrogated by the police as a witness in an investigation into his claim that the newly released Indonesian banknotes feature a hammer-and-sickle symbol that resembles the logo of the long-disbanded and still-banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).

"We've got 108 of our female officers, all in hijab, here at the protest today," Second Inspector Widya Arieyanti said during the demonstration.

During one of the speeches at the protest, a speaker made catcalls at the female police officers. "The young [female] officers can be our wives, the older ones can be our mothers in law," the man said.

The officers, who heard his words loud and clear, stood immobile at their post and smiled a wry smile. By mid-afternoon, the protest had passed by without an incident.

Source: http://jakartaglobe.id/news/female-police-officers-hijab-guard-fpi-protest/.