City starts ID card sweep

A joint team from the city administration raided on Monday 1,343 people in the city as part of its planned ID card sweep targeting new migrants, who arrived after the Idul Fitri celebrations.

An official at the City Population Agency revealed that almost none of the people investigated during the raids possessed the required documentation, such as a letter of explanation from authorized officials from their hometowns.

Head of the supervision and controlling division at the City Population Agency Rismansjah said that the majority of people were raided in West Jakarta (594 people), followed by North Jakarta (325), South Jakarta (186), Central Jakarta (124), and East Jakarta (114).

"The operation will continue after Christmas and New Year as we still believe that more new people will come to the city," Rismansjah told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.

Of the 1,343 people questioned by city public order officers during the raids, 421 were found guilty of violating city population regulations.

The others were released after they were found to have Jakarta IDs or were just temporary visitors.

Based on data from the City Population Agency, as many as 231,528 newcomers arrived in the city following the Idul Fitri celebrations. --JP