City keeps vendors away from Senen

JAKARTA: Joint personnel from the Central Jakarta Public Order Office and Central Jakarta Police Precinct were deployed around Senen overpass to prevent evicted street vendors from returning to the location to resume business.

Dozens of public order officers and police using at least 13 vans were seen standing along the east side of Jl. Raya Senen, while dozens of street vendors looked on at a distance.

Central Jakarta municipality has launched a string of evictions of street vendors who take up road shoulders and pavements around the Senen market since last week as part of plan to completely renovate the popular market.

Unfortunately, the administration has yet to find enough space to relocate the street vendors.

So far, no clashes were reported between street vendors and security personnel. --JP