Vendors protest against evictions

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