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        "id": 1392386,
        "msgid": "governor-asks-vendors-to-keep-public-order-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-01-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "Governor asks vendors to keep public order",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Governor asks vendors to keep public order JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso called for self-restraint on the part of public order officers and sidewalk vendors yesterday, following Monday's clash between the groups in Blok M, South Jakarta. Temperance is vital if undesirable consequences are to be avoided, he said. \"The country is facing enough hardships, don't create new problems.\" Sutiyoso said he had ordered his staff to avoid physical confrontations with vendors.",
        "content": "<p>Governor asks vendors to keep public order<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso called for self-restraint on<br>\nthe part of public order officers and sidewalk vendors yesterday,<br>\nfollowing Monday's clash between the groups in Blok M, South<br>\nJakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Temperance is vital if undesirable consequences are to be<br>\navoided, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"The country is facing enough hardships, don't create new<br>\nproblems.\"<\/p>\n<p>Sutiyoso said he had ordered his staff to avoid physical<br>\nconfrontations with vendors.<\/p>\n<p>\"Mutual understanding is needed between the officers and<br>\nvendors.\"<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the officers ordered vendors, who operate along Jl.<br>\nFalatehan -- in front of the state-owned securities paper and<br>\nbank note printing company (Peruri) office -- to relocate.<\/p>\n<p>But the vendors were offended by the way the officers<br>\nconducted their routine operation. The officers were reportedly<br>\nrude and inhumane.<\/p>\n<p>The vendors attacked the officers and pelted two patrol cars<br>\nbelonging to the South Jakarta mayoralty.<\/p>\n<p>Police reportedly fired warning shots to stop the commotion,<br>\nwhich began about 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is now being handled by Kebayoran Baru Police<br>\nprecinct in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Sutiyoso acknowledged that the Peruri complex should be secure<br>\nat all times and sidewalk vendors were prohibited from operating<br>\nand displaying their merchandise there.<\/p>\n<p>\"They should not have sold their merchandise there as they can<br>\nuse the site in the Blok M market.\"<\/p>\n<p>An official from the public order office, Toha Reno, said<br>\nyesterday the clash was due to a misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's our job to organize sidewalks vendors... There must<br>\nhave been some people who eventually became hostile when we tried<br>\nto move them away from the road.<\/p>\n<p>\"We'll just try to handle this thing carefully because in this<br>\ndifficult (economic) situation, people's emotions tend to run<br>\nhigh,\" he said. (edt\/ind\/emf)<\/p>",
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