Cirebon gambling dens raided

Cirebon gambling dens raided

CIREBON, West Java: Hundreds of Muslim youths raided several
shophouses on Tuesday night on Jl. Pasuketan here on suspicion
that they were being used for gambling.

The angry crowd vandalized the shophouses, took out several
gambling slot machines and set fire to them in the street. Later
on Wednesday, Cirebon Police announced that police personnel had
detained three people believed to have led the vandalism.

"Earlier, we held dozens of people involved in the vandalism.
But after questioning, we released all of them except the three
that we perceive were responsible for leading the vandalism,"
said Cirebon Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Josep Wisnu Sanjaya.

The incident began when hundreds of youths grouped under the
Cirebon Muslim Front and United Cirebon Youth assembled on
Tuesday night at An Nur Mosque in the city. The youths later
marched in the city's streets carrying banners and posters
condemning rampant gambling in the city.

They then proceeded to Pasuketan 18 where the gambling dens
are allegedly located. They vandalized the buildings and all
electronic devices inside them and took out the gambling slot
machines and burned them in the street. -- JP