Mayor threatens foliage vendors

Mayor threatens foliage vendors

JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito threatens plant
sellers on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan with legal action if they do
not vacate the street.

He said the sellers are liable to prosecution because they
disturb public order. "Never build or do business here without a
permit," he told several plant sellers in a surprise field visit
yesterday.

The mayoralty did once evict many plant sellers from the
street but some of them have returned and started their business
again.

The North Jakarta mayoralty's security and order officers
demolished 113 illegal plant kiosks on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan
in March.

There are at least six kiosks rebuilt in the restricted area
and the mayor said that more will return unless stern action is
taken.

The mayor asked them to move to the relocation area at a
riverbank near the street. (29)