Police pledge to continue war against alcohol<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City Police have vowed to continue battling the
\nillegal sale of alcoholic beverages at shops and stalls in and
\naround the city.<\/p>\n
\"We will never stop such crackdowns in order to curb excessive
\nuse of liquor by young people and reduce the number of alcohol-
\nrelated crimes,\" head of the Operational Affairs unit of the On-
\nthe-Alert City Police Squad Capt. Syaiful Bd. told reporters here
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
The 24-hour team assigned to the operation \"really need the
\nhelp of the public to get information about the illegal sale of
\nalcoholic beverages here,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Syaiful said that he would never be deterred by the fact that
\nmany military and police personnel back the traders.<\/p>\n
\"Everyone is equal before the law,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Massive crackdowns have been carried out since April this
\nyear, especially after the killing of a 54-year-old army
\nbrigadier general on April 4.<\/p>\n
Brig. Gen. Tampubolon, former group commander of one of
\nIndonesian Armed Forces' (ABRI) four elite red beret Kopassus
\ncorps, was brutally stabbed by a group of young men that had been
\ndrinking prior to the murder on Jl. Griya Wartawan in Cipinang
\nMuara, East Jakarta, at around 10 p.m. on April 4.<\/p>\n
Since the massive operation, hundreds of thousands of
\nbrandname liquors have been confiscated.<\/p>\n
Syaiful's seven teams, codenamed the Walet (Swallow) Squad,
\nhave been broken into eight-member teams.<\/p>\n
The latest operation was conducted on Thursday evening at Toko
\nCahaya on Jl. Sumur Batu No. 20, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"We seized 344 bottles in just one single raid,\" Saiful said.
\nShop owner Mrs. Sariyem, 38, was not detained for further
\nquestioning.<\/p>\n
\"She sold the liquor without a license,\" the officer said.<\/p>\n
Producers<\/p>\n
Producers of the confiscated alcohols are predominately
\nlocated in the Bogor-based PT Suba Indah manufacturing and PT
\nPerindustrian Bapak Djenggot in Tangerang in West Java.<\/p>\n
Some of the liquors confiscated were Drum whisky, Mansion
\nHouse whisky, Mansion House vodka, Mansion House dry gin and
\nSavoy Club whisky, all of which are produced by PT Suba Indah.<\/p>\n
The others were Robinson Whiteport whisky produced by PT
\nGunungmas Santosoraya, Big Boss whisky by CV Sumber Baru Industri
\nin Tangerang, Mc Donald Jenever by Industri Semak in Tangerang
\nand Arak cap Orang Tua whisky (small and big bottles) and Arak
\nBeras Cap Kilin both by PT Perindustrian Bapak Djenggot.<\/p>\n
Indonesian authorities place alcoholic beverages into three
\nclasses, according to the percentage of alcohol contained. The A-
\nclass contains up to five percent alcohol and includes beer. B-
\nclass drinks contain from five to 20 percent, and C-class liquor
\nis 20 percent or more.<\/p>\n
Traders need licenses from the authorities to sell B-class and
\nC-class beverages.<\/p>\n
Religious leaders concerned over the growing influence of
\nalcohol on the world's largest Moslem community consistently have
\ncalled for a ban on the sale of alcoholic drinks.<\/p>\n
Moslems make up about 85 percent of the country's 185 million
\npeople. Indonesians under 16 years of age are lawfully forbidden
\nto buy liquor but many purchase alcoholic drinks sold illegally
\nby the roadside. (bsr)<\/p>",
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