ID crackdown nets hundreds

JAKARTA: Hundreds of people were caught in an identity card crackdown on Thursday morning in the subdistricts of Senen, Bungur, Kramat and Paseban in Central Jakarta.

"The operation was held to remind residents to obtain valid identity cards," an official at the City Population and Civil Registration Agency, Rosyik Muhammad, was quoted as saying by Antara.

Agency officials, backed by police and the military, went door to door in the subdistricts to check the identity cards of residents.

Anyone found without an identity card issued by the Jakarta administration or a temporary stay permit was ordered to go to the district administration office to arrange for an ID card.

"I was just thinking of getting a Jakarta ID," said Lina, 21, who works at a fast-food outlet at Mal Atrium.

Officials confiscated her ID, which was issued in Sukabumi, West Java.

Those people found in violation of City Bylaw No. 11/1988 on public order was fined about Rp 25,000. --JP