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        "id": 1220144,
        "msgid": "70-fined-during-judical-operation-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-07-20 00:00:00",
        "title": "70 fined during judical operation",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "70 fined during judical operation JAKARTA (JP): Seventy Jakartans were rounded up and fined in an on-the-spot \"trial\" yesterday as part of the ongoing operation aimed at improving sagging local discipline. Fines ranged from several thousand rupiahs to a maximum of Rp 50,000 ($22) during a sting on the streets of Central Jakarta. The operation targeted people without ID cards, newcomers who failed to report to their neighborhood chiefs after 16 days and those holding expired ID cards.",
        "content": "<p>70 fined during judical operation<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Seventy Jakartans were rounded up and fined in<br>\nan on-the-spot \"trial\" yesterday as part of the ongoing operation<br>\naimed at improving sagging local discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Fines ranged from several thousand rupiahs to a maximum of Rp<br>\n50,000 ($22) during a sting on the streets of Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>The operation targeted people without ID cards, newcomers who<br>\nfailed to report to their neighborhood chiefs after 16 days and<br>\nthose holding expired ID cards.<\/p>\n<p>Nurzul Noor, the head of the Central Jakarta chapter of the<br>\nJakarta Population Office told The Jakarta Post that all the<br>\nviolators opted to pay fines instead of doing time in jail.<\/p>\n<p>A 1991 regulation states that anyone who does not have a valid<br>\nID card is subject to a fine of Rp 50,000 or a maximum of three<br>\nmonths in jail.<\/p>\n<p>\"We mean to uphold this rule,\" he affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The operation in the Sumur Batu subdistrict in Central Jakarta<br>\ninvolved officials from the Central Jakarta population office,<br>\nthe district police, land transportation office, the district<br>\ncourt and the prosecutors' office.<\/p>\n<p>Noor said that the operation aims to improve public awareness<br>\nof the importance of ID cards. \"Imagine if something unexpected<br>\nwere to happen to someone traveling without an identity card,\" he<br>\nsaid. (32)<\/p>",
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