Illegal traders evicted

Illegal traders evicted

JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor H. Pardjoko, assisted by the Sanitation Department, Public Works Office and members of the powerful Pemuda Pancasila youth organization, has evicted 70 traders illegally operating at the Manggarai Utara market.

"The eviction was the follow-up of the mayoralty's program to improve security, order and sanitation," Pardjoko told Antara.

Pardjoko explained that he was forced to evict the traders because they did not heed warning from the mayoralty about the prohibition to do business at the market.

They tended to return to this location, even though some of them have been netted in a number of raids and been given warnings many times, the mayor said.

Head of the Manggarai sub-district, H. Iksir, said that the market was closed after the facility was gutted by fire in 1980. "The location has been earmarked by city administration for the development of a greenbelt," he said. (hhr)