Rp 8b fund questioned

Rp 8b fund questioned

JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has questioned the release of
an Rp 8 billion (US$888,888) fund which was reportedly to be used
by the North Jakarta Mayoralty for the removal of 12 brothels and
the clearance of the land in the Kramat Tunggak former red-light
area, North Jakarta.

Councillor Tubagus Sofyan of the council's Commission E for
social welfare affairs said some councillors visited the location
and could not find the 12 brothels.

"We only found four former brothels which we already knew
existed," Tubagus of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
(PDIP) said Monday.

He said the administration allocated Rp 74 billion for the
clearance of 240 brothels in the prostitution complex which was
officially closed two years ago. The mayoralty earlier demanded
an additional fund of Rp 8 billion for clearance of the 12
brothels.(jun)