Over 200 ticketed in S. Jakarta

Over 200 ticketed in S. Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): A raid by the South Jakarta mayoralty netted 391
people on Thursday for violating various regulations, including
littering, disrupting traffic and failing to produce their
identification cards.

Only 208 of the 391 people were ticketed, with 184 being tried
in a makeshift court in a tent on Jl. Sutan Agung in front of
Pasar Rumput. The on-site trial was presided over by judge
Bachtiar Lubis and prosecutor Tobiana Siahaan.

It was not clear if the 34 people discovered not carrying
identification were in Jakarta illegally. In previous raids
people with out Jakarta ID cards have been sent home to their
villages.

Violators were fined between Rp 6,500 and Rp 17,500, depending
on the severity of the infraction. A total of Rp 2,873,000 in
fines was collected.

Meanwhile, in response to complaints that the raids disturb
people's sleep because they are always carried out early in the
morning, an official at the South Jakarta mayoralty said that its
personnel may lack professionalism.

At least 20 students, mainly women, have protested the bad
treatment -- bordering on harassment -- they underwent during a
raid last March. (14)