Street vendor injured in brawl

Street vendor injured in brawl

BOGOR: Dozens of Bogor administration civil service officers
were involved in a brawl with vendors on Thursday that left one
of the vendors injured.

The brawl broke out following a public order operation
conducted by 50 civil service officers, who were attempting to
move vendors in Jl. Kapten Muslihat to Jl. Dewi Sartika,
beginning at 9 a.m. The officers confiscated some of the vendors'
merchandise during the operation.

But the vendors refused to move, saying they would lose
customers and income, causing a fear that they would not have
enough money for the coming Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan and
the Lebaran celebrations.

Two hours later, the vendors appeared at the Bogor City
Council, where councillors promised that the confiscated
merchandise would be returned to them, but on the condition that
they had to be willing to move to the new location.

As they returned home, the vendors became involved in a
quarrel with the officers, which later developed into a serious
brawl.

During the incident, a vendor named Syam was badly beaten by
the officers, who suspected him of provoking the incident. --JP