Bali needs rules on local liquors<\/p>\n
DENPASAR, Bali: Tabanan police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Rahardja
\nSubyakta urged local administration and councillors on Wednesday
\nto issue a regulation to control the distribution of traditional
\nliquors in the regency.<\/p>\n
Rahardja said local liquors were more dangerous than imported
\nones because they contained much more alcohol.<\/p>\n
\"Traditional liquors can contain 60 percent alcohol, while the
\nalcohol level of imported ones ranges from 10 percent to 48
\npercent,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Rahardja cited several recent brawls between villages in
\nTabanan, some 14 kilometers west of Denpasar, that were sparked
\nby drunken youths.<\/p>\n
\"This was because we have no regulation on traditional liquors
\nsuch as arak and tuak. Without it, it is difficult for police to
\ntake any action against the production and distribution of such
\nliquors,\" Rahardja told reporters after witnessing the
\ndestruction of some 928 bottles of liquors at his office.<\/p>\n
The liquors were confiscated during an anti-liquor operations
\nconducted from Dec. 18, 2000 to Jan. 2, 2001.<\/p>\n
\"Most traditional liquors are produced by small breweries in
\nthe villages, and they do not have the technology to set the
\nalcohol content at proper levels,\" Rahardja said. (zen\/hdn)<\/p>",
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