Beggars and squatters nabbed

Beggars and squatters nabbed

JAKARTA (JP): Over 200 beggars and squatters were swept off
the main streets of West and South Jakarta in a public order
operation that ended yesterday.

The operation in South Jakarta, headed by Ramal P. and Akmal
Ahmad, has also removed about 120 beggars from the area. One
hundred beggars were also relocated in a similar operation in
West Jakarta, headed by J.P. Manihuruk .

Antara reported that many of the beggars, with leprosy, were
sent to Sitanala Leprosy Hospital in Tangerang, West Java.

Manihuruk said the office had sent the other beggars and
squatters to a social rehabilitation center in Kedoya, West
Jakarta..

Akmal Ahmad urged Jakartans not to give anything to beggars
that operate from door to door. (yns)