More protests over Tangerang nightspots

More protests over Tangerang nightspots

TANGERANG (JP): Thirty youths from the Balaraja regency in
Tangerang marched to the local council yesterday, protesting that
local nightspots have become sites for drug transactions and
illicit prostitution.

The protest is the latest of several in the area. The main
focus of their ire is the Grand Sentul Singing Hall.

They told the council's commission E for public welfare that
their concerns expressed to executives have gone unheeded.

Earlier this month 1,000 community members staged a street
demonstration, calling for the closure on three nightspots -- the
Model Discotheque, the FM3 Transit Hotel and the Singapore
Karaoke bar.

Yesterday the youths also protested at a movie theater in the
Kosambi district, which they said had shown a pornographic film.

They also pointed to the numerous foodstalls which they said
also functioned as prostitution sites.

Their posters at yesterday's march included one which said
"Don't destroy Tangerang's young generation." (anr/18)