Public kitchen banner removed

Public kitchen banner removed

JAKARTA (JP): Ten public order officers removed a banner
marking a public kitchen set up by the Urban Poor Consortium
(UPC) in Kampung Rawa area, West Jakarta, on Tuesday morning.

"The officers implored the poor people there to allow them do
their job or otherwise they would be dismissed," Berkah Gumulya,
a member of UPC, told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

However, about three hours later the banner was raised again,
he said.

The public kitchen, which was established on Monday, is able
to cater up to 1,000 meals a day for needy people, especially
those who have lost their jobs due to the massive raids against
street vendors which began last month.(04)