ID card raids planned

ID card raids planned

JAKARTA: East Jakarta mayoralty will conduct ID card raids in
certain parts of the mayoralty in anticipation of the influx that
usually occurs after the Lebaran holidays.

The raids will be conducted a week after Idul Fitri at bus
stations, houses and boarding houses, as well as on the streets,
spokesman of the East Jakarta mayoralty, Rusli Kahar, was quoted
by beritajakarta.com as saying.

Rusli added, East Jakarta was already packed with 1.1 million
residents, and called for Lebaran travelers not to bring their
unskilled relatives to the area.

Non-Jakarta residents will be required to equip themselves
with letters explaining their temporary stay and their occupation
while staying in the city, as well as a guarantee of
accommodation.

"If anyone is caught without those letters, we will not
hesitate to send them back to their village," Rusli said.

In carrying out the raids, the East Jakarta mayoralty will be
assisted by city public order officials, along with the city
police and military personnel.--JP