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        "id": 1738043,
        "msgid": "jakarta-west-karaoke-raid-linked-to-drugs-analyst-anies-and-ahok-eras-would-have-resolved-it-immediately-1778687597",
        "date": "2026-05-13 22:31:11",
        "title": "Jakarta West Karaoke Raid Linked to Drugs, Analyst: Anies and Ahok Eras Would Have Resolved It Immediately",
        "author": "Muhammad Isa Bustomi",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "A karaoke venue in West Jakarta was raided for alleged drug transactions, prompting public policy expert Trubus Rahadiansyah to criticise the current handling compared to the decisive actions under former governors Anies Baswedan and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok), who promptly shut down and revoked licences of problematic nightlife spots. Trubus highlighted past examples like the closure of Sense Karaoke and Diskotek Stadium following drug-related incidents, urging the current DKI Jakarta administration to take firm steps for deterrence. He noted that such issues persist in Jakarta's entertainment districts, emphasising the need for stronger enforcement to address this ongoing problem.",
        "content": "<p>Public policy expert from Trisakti University, Trubus Rahadiansyah,\nassesses that the handling of nightlife venues implicated in drug cases\nduring the previous eras of DKI Jakarta Governors Anies Baswedan and\nBasuki Tjahaja Purnama was more decisive and swiftly resolved.<\/p>\n<p>This statement comes in the wake of the raid on Karaoke B-Fashion in\nthe Grogol Petamburan area, West Jakarta, on Friday (8\/5\/2026),\nsuspected to be a site for drug transactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it were during Pak Anies Baswedan\u2019s time, it would be shut down\nand the licence revoked. Pak Ahok was even tougher; shut down, revoked,\ndone and dusted,\u201d Trubus said when contacted by Kompas.com by telephone\non Wednesday (13\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>One example is Sense Karaoke in Mangga Dua, raided by the National\nNarcotics Agency (BNN), where dozens of people were secured along with\nnarcotic evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The closure was carried out after the legal basis of Governor\nRegulation Number 18 of 2018 on Tourism Business Operations was applied,\nand the business licence was revoked once the evidence was deemed\ncomplete.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, during Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok\u2019s tenure, similar\nenforcements were conducted, including the closure of Diskotek Stadium\nfollowing a suspected overdose case that killed a police officer.<\/p>\n<p>Ahok at the time emphasised that entertainment venues proven\nproblematic would not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>Trubus believes the current DKI Jakarta Provincial Government also\nneeds to take firm action to create a deterrent effect for other\nnightlife venue operators.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, cases of alleged drug transactions in nightlife\nvenues are not a new issue in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause what was found in West Jakarta is actually not new. Such\nthings are still happening in other places,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, police raided the nightlife venue Karaoke B-Fashion in\nthe Grogol Petamburan area, West Jakarta, related to alleged drug\ntransactions and misuse.<\/p>\n<p>Head of the Tourism Industry Section of the West Jakarta Tourism and\nCreative Economy Sub-District Office, Gun Gun Mujiantara, confirmed the\nraid.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jakarta-west-karaoke-raid-linked-to-drugs-analyst-anies-and-ahok-eras-would-have-resolved-it-immediately-1778687597",
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