717 people nabbed in overnight raid<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested 717 people in a massive
\novernight security-and-order operation in Jakarta, Bogor,
\nTangerang and Bekasi yesterday.<\/p>\n
Police said the people arrested included suspected
\nprostitutes, hoodlums, unlicensed alcohol sellers, unlicensed
\nparking attendants, residents without legal identification cards
\nand "three-in-one" children.<\/p>\n
Three-in-one children are those who receive a fee for
\ntraveling with the driver of a car who is carrying less than the
\nminimum three passengers on certain roads during peak hours.<\/p>\n
Capt. Dwi Sigit of the operation and command control center of
\nthe city police, which carried out the operation, said the 717
\npeople arrested during the operation, known as Kilat Jaya,
\nconsisted of 615 males, 92 females and 10 transvestites.<\/p>\n
"They were nabbed in various places, such as bus terminals,
\nred-light districts and on the street," Sigit said.<\/p>\n
According to Sigit, 168 of the people arrested were
\napprehended in Central Jakarta, 166 in North Jakarta, 93 in East
\nJakarta, 86 in South Jakarta, 99 in West Jakarta, 63 in
\nTangerang, 30 in Bekasi and 12 in Depok.<\/p>\n
After being detained at the respective local police stations
\nfor several hours, the people suspected of committing "minor
\nviolations" of the rules on security and order were made to line
\nup in the scorching afternoon sun at the city police headquarters
\nfor more than one hour.<\/p>\n
They were then handed over to various city agencies, such as
\nthe social service agency, to receive lectures on how to become
\nlaw-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n
Some of the detainees told The Jakarta Post that they very
\nmuch deplored the way the authorities had arrested them. Some
\nsaid they had been denied an opportunity to let their families
\nknow where they were. Others said they had been arrested simply
\nbecause they had failed to produce their identification cards,
\nhaving inadvertently left them at home.<\/p>\n
"They arrested me while I was having a cup of coffee at a
\nsmall coffee shop in Jatinegara at 4 p.m. yesterday, after I
\nfailed to show my identity card -- because it had been stolen,"
\nsaid Edi Siregar, 38.<\/p>\n
He said he was unhappy because he had no way of letting his
\nwife and children know that he was okay.<\/p>\n
Indah, 18, who was also arrested for failing to produce her
\nidentification card, said: "I really can't understand why the
\npolice arrested me just because I left my identification card at
\nhome."<\/p>\n
She said that the police had refused the Rp 75,000 (US$33) her
\nsister had offered them to release her.<\/p>\n
Indah said she was arrested while having dinner at a food
\nstall on Jl. Gadjah Mada, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Asked about the complaints, a police officer replied: "We know
\nvery well who and what they are."<\/p>\n
Capt Sigit said: "Suspected criminals arrested in the
\noperation were handled by local police offices."<\/p>\n
Head of the Operation and Command Control Center, Col.
\nMuhantojo, told reporters on Tuesday that the city police would
\nintensify their security operations to ensure safety in the
\ncapital during the upcoming celebration of Indonesia's 50th year
\nof independence on Aug. 17.<\/p>\n
"Basically this is a routine operation, but police intend to
\nintensify it in an effort to strengthen security in the city," he
\nsaid, adding that the operation would crack down on people who
\ndisturbed public order. (bsr)<\/p>",
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