Vendors protest against evictions

JAKARTA: Dozens of street vendors from Kalideres, West Jakarta, demonstrated in front of the City Council on Jl. Kebon Sirih in Central Jakarta on Thursday to protest their evictions by public order officers earlier in the morning.

Ade, a chicken vendor, said as many as 235 street vendors had been evicted.

He said the vendors were evicted because certain parties were jealous of how well their businesses were doing.

Some 120 police officers were deployed to guard the City Council.

The city administration has intensified its evictions of street vendors who occupy pedestrian pathways and sidewalks throughout the city.

Trading on sidewalks is prohibited under City Bylaw No. 11/1988 on public order. --JP