Ulemas demand order in Puncak

Ulemas demand order in Puncak

BOGOR:Suspicious of growing prostitution in the Puncak resort,
certain ulemas and religious leaders from Bogor regency have
asked councillors to draft a regulation on the presence of
entertainment spots and inns along the road to the resort.

Hidayatullah, a Muslim preacher, told visiting councillors in
Banjarwaru, Ciawi district, on Saturday that the administration
should close down the businesses as residents often held violent
protests and destroyed the premises.

"Since I joined Public Order Ulemas in 1993, we have raided at
least 100 sex workers every night from Ciawi, Megamendung,
Cisarua, Parung and Cileungsi areas. But the businesses are still
there," he said.

Although some of the entertainment spots had closed when the
ulemas joined the riots in 1998 and 2001, burning down the area,
the most popular Gang Semen area, formerly an alley of kiosks
selling cement, was still operational, according to Hidayatullah.

Council speaker Rahmat Yasin said that councillors had never
approved the operation of entertainment spots along the road to
Puncak Pass. -- JP