Equality before the law merely a slogan for Indonesian Christians

A situation like this unfortunately often occurs in Indonesia. The victims are asked to ‘reconcile’ with the offenders if the former are religious minorities in the country. But the same would not apply otherwise. Several instances best illustrate this double-standard phenomenon.
Recently, another case of intolerance towards Christians occurred in Cikarang Sub-District, West Java. On April 19, 2020, when a family whose members belong to the Christian Batak Protestant Church (HKBP) was praying at home, the head of the sub-village and a Muslim religious leader named Imam Haji Mulyana barged in.
They forced this family to stop their home worship. This incident went viral online, after the homeowner Arion Sihombing uploaded a video documenting the conflict.
Local police denied the allegation that the neighbors’ action was considered religious intolerance. The dissolution of worship was intended to address the violation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). “It had nothing to do with religion. Yesterday’s incident was [actually] the PSBB problem. That’s all,” according to Bekasi Metro Police Chief, Senior Commissioner Hendra Gunawan.
But Arion Sihombing told International Christian Concern (ICC) a different story.