City steps up supervision of 20 public establishments
City steps up supervision of 20 public establishments
JAKARTA (JP): The city administration is stepping up the
supervision of 20 public establishments throughout Jakarta, an
official says.
The head of the city public order office, Kuseini Budiantoro,
said yesterday that the establishments are prone to infractions
such as drug trafficking.
"My office is increasing the supervision because there is
strong indication that the places are being used for drug
transactions and such other crimes," he said.
He added that most of the establishments are located in West
and Central Jakarta, such as Jl. Gajah Mada, Mangga Besar and
Glodok areas.
Kuseini refused to name the establishments but said four that
were previously warned for breaching the law are among them.
The four are Terminal One, Zodiac, Atlanta and Top 10.
The city administration warned the four establishments earlier
this month after the police cracked down on them and seized
illegal substances.
The police reported that 250 Ecstasy pills and 94 other pills
of different colors were seized during the crackdown.
Kuseini said this does not necessarily mean that his office
will slacken its supervision of other public establishments which
are not included on the office's blacklist.
He said since early this week his office has intensified
supervision of all public establishments and has raided
establishments which violated city regulations.
The office closed down video game establishments in the Duta
Merlin building, Central Jakarta on Wednesday. A total of 178
machines were sealed during the operation, he said.
Kuseini said that on Tuesday it also closed down two kiosks
which were used as video game centers at a shopping center
managed by city-owned PD Pasar Jaya on Jl. Perniagaan, West
Jakarta and confiscated 19 machines.
Kuseini said his office also deployed officials in a police
crackdown on Tuesday on gambling centers in the same building in
which 350 people were allegedly found gambling that night.(yns)