Basuki: PMKS Control Will Be More Humane
Reported by Folmer | Translated by Isa Efriadi
It has been yearly routine that ahead of fasting month Ramadan thousands of people with social welfare problems (PMKS), who are mostly from West Java and Central Java, overrun to Jakarta to hope for citizens’ charities.
If we caught the PMKS, they will be returned to their hometowns and signed agreement will not go back to Jakarta again. If they returned, it means they tricked us and violated Criminal Code (KUHP)
Responding this matter, Acting Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama plans to apply new system which more humane to control those PMKS. Later, netted PMKS will be asked to fill agreement form stating will not come back to the city. If they were caught again by the officers, Jakarta Provincial Government will charge them with criminal sanction.
Residents Give Takjil to PMKS Will Be Fined“We already handled it, Social Department has made one new form. If we caught the PMKS, they will be returned to their hometowns and signed agreement will not go back to Jakarta again. If they returned, it means they tricked us and violated Criminal Code (KUHP),” stated Basuki at City Hall, Tuesday (6/17).
To resolve PMKS matter, Basuki told that Jakarta Provincial Government has coordinated with the police and attorney office. Moreover, city government will also make efforts to clean all slums in Jakarta.
“Tanah Abang bongkaran area already controlled. All rivers and areas under bridges must be cleaned, so these people (PMKS) could not stay in rented houses for Rp 5,000 until Rp 10,000,” he said.
According to Basuki, the control of slums is conducted to ease PMKS handling. If there were no slums, PMKS would stay in storefronts or shop-house terraces as their temporary living places in the city. Thus, the officers could easily raid those PMKS to be sent back to their hometowns.
“I don’t want raid against PMKS done by chasing them over. You (Social Department) should ask them what is the problem and where they live, instead of chasing them. They should be like friends, so street kids can be guided,” he uttered.
