Journalists experienced intimidation when covering riots at a nightlife place

Description

An iNews TV contributor who works in Makassar, South Sulawesi experienced intimidation and obstruction of coverage on Thursday, October 26 2023.

That day, Syahrul Adyaksa, a journalist for I News TV, was present at a nightlife venue called Publiq which is located on Jalan Arif Rate, Makassar.

There was a commotion at the entertainment venue and Syahrul recorded the situation. The commotion caused many people to crowd and push each other.

The location of the commotion was not far from the Makassar Police Sabhara Headquarters. When Syahrul recorded it, several people claimed to be members of the TNI and Satpol PP.

They intimidated and prohibited Syahrul from recording the situation.
They then confiscated Syahrul's cell phone and deleted some of the recorded data. Syahrul tried to take his cellphone back. But they threatened to beat journalists.

Information
Is the case related to their journalistic work?
Yes
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Reporter
Status of journalists
Contributor
Gender
Male
Age
Unknown
Country
South Sulawesi
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Member of the Pancasila Youth Organization, and the Indonesian National Army
Background (state actor or non state actor)
State actor (Police officer, Military officer, Government, public institution, etc)
Gender
Male
Is it related to gender and identity based violence?
No
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Attack on equipment and personal belonging/other properties of media
Please type the data source here (Link)
https://portalmedia.id/read/11267/aji-makassar-kecam-pelaku-represif-yang-intimidasi-jurnalis-inews-tv