Street vendors raided

Street vendors raided

BOGOR: The local administration in cooperation with the police
conducted a crackdown on street vendors along Jl. Kapten Muslihat
and Jl. Veteran on Tuesday morning following public complaints
about pickpockets in the area.

Dozens of vendors, shocked by the sudden raid, argued with the
officers. But they later agreed to leave the spot upon admitting
that they did not possess permits to operate there.

Epen, 33, who sells T-shirts, asked the government to relocate
them.

A Bogor municipal officer, Adang Rachmat, suggested that they
move their businesses in the market as the administration was
unable to provide them with a new trading site.

Adang said that similar raids against street vendors would be
conducted once a month.

"We launched the crackdown because there have been lots of
complaints from the public about pickpockets operating in the
area," he said.--21