Tangerang nets 18,000 migrants

Tangerang nets 18,000 migrants

TANGERANG: The Tangerang city administration has nabbed about
18,000 migrants without legal paperwork in Jakarta in a series of
raids during the past three days, an official said.

"The (migrants) were unable to show their ID cards and 300 of
them were fined on the spot in Karawaci," city statistics and
population agency head Achmad Kosasih said on Tuesday.

Each of the migrants were fined Rp 25,000 (US$2.78), Achmad
said.

"Most of them are migrants who have lived here for more than
two weeks without obtaining proper documents from the
administration."

The administration would take stern measures against all
migrants found guilty of violating Bylaw No. 13/2000 on
population, he said.

It has been focusing its raids on five districts -- Tangerang,
Karawaci, Ciledug, Cibodas and Batu Ceper.

Those found guilty of violating the bylaw can be sentenced to
a maximum of six month's jail and fined up to Rp 5 million. -- JP