Cirebon gambling dens raided<\/p>\n
CIREBON, West Java: Hundreds of Muslim youths raided several
\nshophouses on Tuesday night on Jl. Pasuketan here on suspicion
\nthat they were being used for gambling.<\/p>\n
The angry crowd vandalized the shophouses, took out several
\ngambling slot machines and set fire to them in the street. Later
\non Wednesday, Cirebon Police announced that police personnel had
\ndetained three people believed to have led the vandalism.<\/p>\n
\"Earlier, we held dozens of people involved in the vandalism.
\nBut after questioning, we released all of them except the three
\nthat we perceive were responsible for leading the vandalism,\"
\nsaid Cirebon Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Josep Wisnu Sanjaya.<\/p>\n
The incident began when hundreds of youths grouped under the
\nCirebon Muslim Front and United Cirebon Youth assembled on
\nTuesday night at An Nur Mosque in the city. The youths later
\nmarched in the city's streets carrying banners and posters
\ncondemning rampant gambling in the city.<\/p>\n
They then proceeded to Pasuketan 18 where the gambling dens
\nare allegedly located. They vandalized the buildings and all
\nelectronic devices inside them and took out the gambling slot
\nmachines and burned them in the street. -- JP<\/p>",
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