Poor rally at City Council

JAKARTA: Around 100 pedicab drivers, scavengers and street vendors protested in front of Jakarta City Council on Monday against the evictions that often take place in the capital.

The crowd affiliated with the Jakarta Poor Network, Greater Jakarta Pedicab Driver's Association, Indonesia Street Vendors Association and the Urban Poor Consortium demanded the revision of bylaw No. 11/1988 on public order.

The bylaw has become the legal basis of evictions in the city.

Protesters also invited a clown to the rally to imply that city council members should not act like clowns but stand their ground against evictions. -- detik.com