Agency goes after city's litterers

JAKARTA: The East Jakarta sanitation agency seized on Tuesday the ID cards of 130 people caught littering within a two-hour operation around Cawang and Jatinegara districts.

Agency head Ratim Aman, who leads the regular operation, said the 130 people would be summoned later to his office for a quick trial, Tempointeraktif news portal reported.

"The operation is shock therapy to make people aware of the importance of keeping the city clean," he said, adding that a litterer could face up to six months' imprisonment and a maximum fine of Rp 50 million (US$5,555) as stipulated in Bylaw No. 1/2001.

The raid on Tuesday was the fifth this month.

"We will also disseminate information on sanitation to the public," Ratim said. -- JP