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JAKARTA (JP): Police said yesterday the decline in sales of
\nalcoholic drinks faced by producers opposing their crackdown on
\nalcoholic beverages was due to the businessmen's violation of
\nregulations on permits, distribution and production quotas.<\/p>\n
\"We have asked them to meet together with us immediately to
\ndiscuss legal ways to counter the current sharp decline in their
\nsales due to the ongoing military and police crackdown on illegal
\nliquor,\" City Police chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto told
\nreporters.<\/p>\n
He was speaking after a discussion with 40 of the producers of
\nalcoholic drinks at his office here yesterday.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, Hindarto was speaking on behalf of the
\nchief of the City Agency for the Coordination of Support for
\nNational Stability (Bakorstanasda), Maj. Gen. Hendropriyono, who
\nis also the city military commander. The commander failed to
\nattend the meeting for undisclosed reasons.<\/p>\n
\"Please meet together and find out the best solution to your
\nproblem. But keep in mind that many of the violent crimes taking
\nplace in the city and its surrounding areas are mainly caused by
\nyour drinks,\" he told the producers, whose factories are located
\nin Greater Jakarta and in several cities in West, East and
\nCentral Java.<\/p>\n
Quoting data from the Bakorstanasda, Hindarto said that there
\nare only six legally registered liquor production plants
\noperating in the city.<\/p>\n
But there are a dozen more around the capital and some others,
\nsuch as the 23 factories in East Java, which have been regularly
\ndistributing their products here, he said.<\/p>\n
\"The local markets here are flooded with thousands of
\nalcoholic drinks of various brands,\" he said. \"The producers do
\nnot have the permits they should have for operating their
\nbusinesses. In fact they have blatantly ignored the regulations
\ndespite repeated warnings from us.\"<\/p>\n
\"Their illegal local suppliers here have sold alcoholic drinks
\nto children aged under 14 years,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Hindarto said the integrated crackdown on the illegal sales of
\nalcoholic drinks will continue in the greater Jakarta area unless
\nthe producers can immediately find a solution that will favor
\nboth the public interests and themselves, Hindarto said.<\/p>\n
He said he has also asked them to seek ways to sell their
\nproducts which will not cause their customers to get drunk.<\/p>\n
\"A single glass of liquor may provide additional energy, but
\nthree and more glasses may lead to a bloody fight,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Since the operation started last month, the police have seized
\nover 600,000 bottles of alcoholic drinks, along with 14 guns, 440
\nsharp weapons, over three million pills of banned drugs and
\na large quantity of heroin.<\/p>\n
\"We'll continue the operation until the producers become fed
\nup with producing the illegal stuff,\" Hindarto vowed. (bsr)<\/p>",
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