Batam asked to eliminate gambling

Batam asked to eliminate gambling

BATAM, Riau: Local Muslim preachers strongly urged the Batam municipal administration to close down all gambling and prostitution houses that have been allowed to grow unchecked.

Chairman of the association of Young Muslim Preachers, Iskandar Zulkarnaen, said his association has delivered its protest note to the municipal administration to take actions against all gambling activities and prostitution on the island.

"All illegal activities, especially gambling and prostitution, must be prohibited to prevent them from affecting the young generation on the island," he said, adding that the municipal administration had not handled the issue seriously.

He cited many star-rated hotels on the island that offered prostitutes from China. --Antara