Shopping to Cadgers, Fined to Rp 20 Million

Management Unit (UP) of National Park Monument (Monas) will impose a penalty of Rp 20 million for visitors who buy food and drinks to the cadgers (PKL) in that tourist area. Sanction is imposed following the increasing proliferation of illegal cadgers who trade at Monas and led to a clash with the security officer on Thursday (4/10) night.

In law No. 8 of 2007, in article 25 it is stated that anyone who buys anything from cadgers can be fined a maximum penalty of 60 days imprisonment or subsidiary of Rp 20 million

Monas Park UP Chief, Firdaus Rashid said that banning of buying any single thing to cadgers in Monas visitor area i being socialized. This dissemination is carried out by spreading leaflets.

"We're disseminating this policy to visitors through leaflets," he said when contacted on Saturday (4/12).

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According to Firdaus, this policy is made because the numbers of illegal cadgers are increasing even though the trading activities violated Regional Regulation No. 8/2007 on Public Order.

"In law No. 8/2007, in article 25 it is stated that anyone who buys anything from cadgers can be fined a maximum penalty of 60 days imprisonment or subsidiary of Rp 20 million," he stated.

Firdaus added, to oversee the implementation of the sanction, as many as 160 security officers mobilized to some points mostly used as trading location. The security officers will later be equipped with a camera to photograph visitors who caught shopping from cadgers.

"If the visitors found to shopping, they will be taken directly to our office for further processing with photo evidence," he finished.