C. Jakarta to clear red light district

JAKARTA: Central Jakarta Mayor Muhayat said on Monday that his office had sent the first warning to owners of illegal brothel complexes in Bongkaran, Tanah Abang, to vacate the area.

"They have at least 11 days to vacate the area. If they refuse, we will exert force to drive them away," Muhayat said.

Muhayat said the first warning would expire in seven days, while the second and final warnings would be given on the seventh and 10th days.

Hundreds of squatters currently lived in more than 800 makeshift and semi-permanent buildings in the area that is owned by state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI). PT KAI plans to use the area for a railway line. -- JP