Crackdown on gambling called for<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): About 500 ulemas grouped in the Defenders of
\nIslam Front (FPI) have urged Tangerang Police to crack down on an
\nupsurge in gambling.<\/p>\n
The group also threatened to mobilize members of the public
\nand stage mass actions if police failed to eradicate gambling and
\ndrug transactions, which they said were \"ruining the people's
\nmentality\".<\/p>\n
\"We are ready to deploy 15,000 jihad forces to eliminate
\ngambling and drug activities here,\" said one of the senior FPI
\nmembers.<\/p>\n
He added that the local ulemas doubted that the local police
\nwould be able to handle the problem due to the involvement of
\npersonnel with \"vested interests\".<\/p>\n
The ulemas met with Tangerang Police chief Lt. Col. Pudji
\nHartanto, several officials from the local administration and the
\nTangerang chapter of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) at the
\nAlmahmud Foundation office on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Ulemas said gambling was rife in villages and kampongs here.<\/p>\n
\"Pedicab drivers, motorbike taxi drivers, housewives and
\nstudents have become addicted to gambling,\" the group said.<\/p>\n
Pudji said that efforts to stop gambling presented a dilemma,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
\"The demand (from residents) is very high. That's why there
\nare lots of gambling operators here. The law of economics says
\nthere is an equal point between demand and supply.<\/p>\n
Tangerang Police detectives, in the presence of several
\nulemas, conducted raids on Saturday night of two suspected
\ngambling dens and a discotheque. They seized pakong coupons and
\nseveral million rupiah in cash, and also questioned a number of
\npeople. (41\/edt)<\/p>",
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