JP\/3\/Rally\/12 MB<\/p>\n
Golkar youngsters vow to participate in Operation Cleansing<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Youth organizations affiliated with the ruling
\nGolkar pledged at a rally yesterday to back up the ongoing
\nOperation Cleansing.<\/p>\n
\"I am very proud of your pledges. With your participation, I
\nbelieve Jakarta will become the most secure city in the world in
\nthe near future,\" Maj. Gen. Hendroprijono, Jakarta Military
\nCommander, told the rally's participants.<\/p>\n
The rally, held yesterday at the Persija soccer stadium in
\nMenteng, Central Jakarta, was attended by around 10,000 members
\nof a dozen youth organizations affiliated with the ruling Golkar,
\nalmost all city councilors of the Golkar faction and some ranking
\nofficers from the City Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
The organizations include AMPI, FKPPI, Pemuda Panca Marga,
\nPemuda Pancasila, Generasi Muda KOSGORO, Gerakan Mahasiswa
\nKOSGORO, Gema MKGR, Fokusmaker, Wirakarya Indonesia, Generasi
\nMuda GAKARI, GEMABUDHI, Generasi Muda KARPEM, WARGA JAYA, Al
\nIdrisyah, Baladika Karya, LDII, Mapancas, IKBA-FKPJ, and Banten
\nmartial artists.<\/p>\n
The youths, in their signature military fatigues, gave blood
\ncurdling shouts from time to time.<\/p>\n
\"This rally is not only a political gesture, but an expression
\nof anti-crime commitment by some militant groups of the society,\"
\nsaid the two-star army general popularly known as Hendro, who
\nreturned quickly to his car after his brief speech.<\/p>\n
In the written oaths read by Selamat Limbong of the AMPI in
\nfront of Tadjus Sobirin, chief of the Golkar's Jakarta chapter,
\nand Hendro, the youth said they would back up the anti-crime
\nefforts currently sponsored by the army, and would show examples
\nof good behavior.<\/p>\n
Lt. Col. Didi Supandi, spokesman for the Jakarta military
\ncommand, told reporters that the army was still studying the
\nkinds of participation the organizations would have in Operation
\nCleansing.<\/p>\n
Informants<\/p>\n
Arie Putra Bintana, a city councilor who also served as a
\nmember of consultative board for the FKPPI, said the youths could
\nhelp the campaign by being police informants and by persuading
\nthe delinquent youngsters of their neighbors to forsake their
\npath.<\/p>\n
\"So the operation is still run by the military. We just back
\nthem up,\" said Arie.<\/p>\n
Operation Cleansing, which started on April 11, involves
\n16,700 personnel from the army, navy, air force and police force.
\nIncluding the volunteer youngsters, Hendro recently said, the
\nstrength of the operation has tripled.<\/p>\n
After more than two weeks of operations, the city looks to be
\nmore secure, with busy streets now deserted in the evenings and
\ngatherings of drunkards at night diminished.<\/p>\n
In the first ten days, the operation captured around 500
\ncriminals and drunkards, 40,000 bottles of spirits, five
\nfirearms, and hundreds of sharp weapons.<\/p>\n
Separate from the operation, the police have also seized more
\nthan 100,000 bottles of spirits. (jsk)<\/p>",
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