797 people arrested in order operation

JAKARTA (JP): The City Public Order Office arrested 797 people in a series of operations last month for violating city regulations.

The office's Toha Reno said that the 797 people consisted of 148 street vendors, 20 hoodlums, 412 squatters, 67 prostitutes, 14 transvestites and 136 'three-in-one' children, who ride with commuters for a fee to help them circumvent restrictions on cars with less than three passengers during peak hours.

During the operation, the officers also fined 879 people for violating public order and sanitation regulations, 115 for crossing the road in places other than crossings, 17 for not carrying identity cards and 51 for traffic violations.

Toha said that the number of people arrested in August was less than the 1,551 arrested in similar operation in July. (yns)