Students to be tested for drugs

Students to be tested for drugs

JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta mayoralty will test all
students attending senior high schools located near the former
Kramat Tunggak red-light district for drugs by administering
urine tests.

"We received reports from residents that the high schools were
used for drug dealing," North Jakarta Mayor Subagyo said on
Thursday.

The Kramat Tunggak red-light district was closed by the city
administration on Dec. 8 after almost 30 years of operation. The
area is now home to a number of alleged hoodlums.

Subagyo said his office would administer the first urine tests
to students at SMUN 92 as a pilot project. He, however, did not
say when the tests would be carried out.

"The mayoralty will also conduct tests in other high schools,
especially those near the former Kramat Tunggak red-light
district," he said.

The mayor said the urine tests would be expensive, costing
some Rp 100,000 (US$14.30) per student.

"But we will be able to finance the tests somehow." (05)