Gamblers get 3.5 months

JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta District Court has sentenced 20 people, mostly blue-collar workers, to 3.5 months for gambling.

Judge Azynar Abbas said in his verdict Thursday that the defendants were caught red-handed gambling with dice at Kalijodo red-light district on Jan. 28 during a raid by police and the military.

Abbas said Rp 1.6 million and dice from the suspects, aged between 20 and 50, had been seized, Antara news agency reported.

The offenders were Hou Lie Ching, Gunarto, Suliman Kusuma, Ng Wee Khiong, Watanto, Japong, Darmawan, Alwizar Ahui, Wasto, Suwandi, Zainal Arifin, Sugiarto Ahiong, Hasan, Jumaali, Kou Jong Liong, Ateng Sudibya, Husin, Abdul Manan and Azis Maulana. (pan)