Firecrackers prohibited

Firecrackers prohibited

JAKARTA (JP): The City Public Order Office will conduct raids
on the growing army of illegal firecracker traders, a senior
official said recently.

Head of the office's entertainment division, Toha Reno, said
the number of sellers had mushroomed since the start of Ramadhan.
He also said the selling and lighting firecrackers is prohibited
under Provincial Decree No.5/1971.

Apprehension of firecracker sellers would be conducted by
market security officers and city public order officers, he said.

"Traders who violate the regulation will be closed down and
their firecrackers confiscated," Toha said.

Last December the office confiscated 6,100 firecrackers. "The
operation is necessary because firecrackers can endanger people's
lives," Toha said. (ste)