56 tried for misdemeanors

56 tried for misdemeanors

TANGERANG: The Tangerang district court tried on Tuesday 56
people for committing misdemeanors and fined them between Rp
10,600 (US$1.25) and Rp 50,000 for violating Bylaw No. 10/2000 on
public order.

Judge Lucya Usmani said the 56 people, consisting of street
musicians, street vendors, public minivan drivers, motorcycle
taxi drivers and pak ogah (unofficial traffic wardens),
were proved guilty of disturbing public order.

Their misdemeanors include failure to extend their already
expired identity cards, busking illegally and soliciting
motorists for money.

The trial was witnessed by three prosecutors, who collected
the fines as soon as the judge handed down the verdict.

Ten of the 56 people were unable to pay the fines, because
they did not have any money, so prosecutors placed them under
police custody for another three days before they could be
released.

The 56 were netted on Monday afternoon at several locations
across the municipality in a crackdown conducted jointly by the
municipal public order agency and the police, and were taken into
police custody until their trial. -- JP