City administration to hold public order operation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): With full backup from police and military
\npersonnel, city administration officials will start a massive
\npublic order operation on Monday to ensure public order in the
\ncapital, Governor Sutiyoso said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\"I hope residents understand the need for such operation,
\nwhich is aimed at restoring public order and enforcing existing
\nregulations.<\/p>\n
\"Please don't consider it repressive action,\" he said in a
\nprepared speech at a security gathering attended by 2,600
\nparticipants, including police and military personnel, task force
\nmembers from several parties and students from several
\nuniversities.<\/p>\n
\"We only have two options: to keep the present chaotic
\nsituation or to restore public order in Jakarta,\" he said, adding
\nthat the operation needed the full support of residents.<\/p>\n
The gathering took place at National Monument (Monas) Park,
\nwhich is in front of his office in the City Hall compound in
\nCentral Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The governor also emphasized that security in the city was an
\nimportant element in luring foreign investors to the country.<\/p>\n
\"How can we expect them to come here if they know it's not
\nsafe? Jakarta is the capital city and the image they have of it
\ncan reflect on rest of the country,\" Sutiyoso said.<\/p>\n
\"Once investors come here, residents will also reap the
\nbenefits, such as job opportunities,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The main targets of the massive operation, he said, would
\ninclude the increasing number of three-in-one jockeys, beggars,
\nillegal traffic wardens, prostitutes, pedicab drivers and street
\nvendors.<\/p>\n
\"Our main target is becak (pedicab) drivers, who have been
\nbanned from operating in the city since 1988,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Separately interviewed, the chairman of the Jakarta chapter of
\nthe Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), Pungky
\nBambang Purwadi, announced that businesspeople supported any
\nstern action taken by city authorities to ensure public order in
\nthe capital.<\/p>\n
\"We also support the plan to deploy sharp shooters in certain
\nbusiness and commerce centers to protect business activities on
\nthe grounds that they (the sharp shooters) will not be stationed
\nin open places,\" he said at City Hall.<\/p>\n
\"But I don't think it's necessary to deploy police or military
\npersonnel to safeguard the centers. Not at the moment,\" he added.<\/p>\n
During the May 1998 riots and a few weeks after, a large
\nnumber of police officers and soldiers were deployed to guard
\nbusiness centers in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"The important thing is that the city authorities have to
\nanticipate all possibilities of the public order operation,\" said
\nPungky, in reference to a riot in May in the busy Glodok
\nelectronics center of the city's Chinatown business area which
\nwas sparked by a police operation against street traders of
\npirated video compact discs. (nvn)<\/p>",
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