100 netted in illegal migrant raids<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City officials arrested 100 illegal migrants who
\nfailed to display ID Cards as the 'door-to-door' raid began on
\nThursday, an official said.<\/p>\n
The raid, which commenced at 6 a.m., was held in four
\nsubdistricts in Central Jakarta, head of the Central Jakarta
\nPopulation Agency F.X. Wuryanto said.<\/p>\n
\"The operation was held as shock therapy for migrants who have
\njust arrived in the capital following the Christmas, Idul Fitri
\nand New Year holidays,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said the capital belonged to everyone, but added that
\npeople who want to live here must follow city regulations on
\npopulation.<\/p>\n
The raid was held in the Kebon Sirih subdistrict of Menteng
\ndistrict, Pasar Baru subdistrict of Sawah Besar district, Kebon
\nKelapa subdistrict of Gambir district, and Utan Panjang
\nsubdistrict of Kemayoran district, he said.<\/p>\n
He said the officials arrested 35 migrants in Menteng
\ndistrict, 18 in Sawah Besar district, 26 in Gambir district, and
\n21 in Kemayoran district.<\/p>\n
\"Most of the arrested migrants are employees at city
\nentertainment centers, shopkeepers, waitresses, vendors,
\nresidents of rented houses, and domestic helpers,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The city population agency previously recorded that up to 80
\npercent of some 176,000 migrants who recently arrived in the
\ncapital to seek jobs did not report their presence to the local
\nauthorities, which is a violation of City Bylaw No. 1\/1996 on
\nresident registration.<\/p>\n
The 1996 regulation stipulates that residents must possess
\nvalid identity (ID) cards once they turn 17. Those caught without
\nID cards could face a maximum penalty of three-months
\nimprisonment or a Rp 50,000 (US$5.2) fine.<\/p>\n
Wuryanto said the illegal immigrants were sent to a
\nprovisional court at around 11 a.m., which was established in the
\nNational Monument (Monas) park, and presided over by judge
\nSaparudin from the Central Jakarta District Court.<\/p>\n
Head of the legal division of the Central Jakarta mayoralty
\noffice H.R.D. Sukandar said that each operation costs around Rp 4
\nmillion, which is being allocated from the mayoralty's routine
\nexpenditure.<\/p>\n
Sukandar said the money was used to pay for the honorarium of
\nthe judge, the prosecutors, the police, and other officials who
\nwere involved in the operation.<\/p>\n
One of the arrested migrants was identified as Jumadi, 23, a
\nresident of Menteng district who hails from Pontianak in West
\nKalimantan.<\/p>\n
\"I have no ID because I lost all the supporting documents to
\napply for the Jakarta ID,\" Jumadi, who has been in the capital
\nfor two years now, told the judge.<\/p>\n
The court asked him to pay some Rp 10,000 for the fine.<\/p>\n
Another migrant, Rukini, 52, a vagrant who lives under the
\nstatue in the Monas area, was taken to the social care center
\nbecause she had no money to pay her fine. (04)<\/p>",
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