Crime and security<\/p>\n
The Coordinating Agency for Stability and Security deployed
\n16,700 personnel to enforce a security drive called \"Operation
\nCleansing 1994\" in which criminals will be shot on the spot or
\narrested.<\/p>\n
This is considered an answer to the increasing number of
\ncrimes and the high level of violence in the capital city of
\nIndonesia.<\/p>\n
When launching the operation, the chief of the Jakarta
\nMilitary Command, Maj. Gen. Hendropriyono, said that the level of
\nviolence and crime had become intolerable. This stance was
\nsupported by the chief of the Kopassus elite Army force, Brig.
\nGen. Agum Gumelar, who was ready to banish the criminals.<\/p>\n
It is highly unlikely that such an operation will be able to
\novercome the problem because everyone knows that crime is just an
\naspect of the social woes of any metropolis.<\/p>\n
But, perhaps shock therapy is needed to make the criminals
\nrealize that they cannot rule the situation.<\/p>\n
Operation Cleansing 1994 has at least two purposes. First, it
\nshows that the government has not closed its eyes to the problem
\nof extensive crime, which the public faces. Second, the operation
\nwill limit the criminals' room for maneuver.<\/p>\n
It is important to remember that this operation is a temporary
\naction. If we want to resolve the problem once and for all, we
\nwill have to start at the root of it.<\/p>\n
--Republika, Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/crime-and-security-1447899208", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }