Giving Money to PMKS, You Will Be Fined Rp 30 M

Jakarta Provincial Government will give sanction to people who give money to bums and beggars in form of sanction up to Rp 20 million. As for the beggars, they will also be fined for a maximum of Rp 30 million.

The article 61 mentions sanction for violators, article 40 on the first rule, will be charged with a sentence of 20-90 days of imprisonment or a fine ranging from Rp 500 thousand up to Rp 30 million

Head of Jakarta Social Department, Masrokhan, said this firm sanction is applied because the amount of people with social welfare issues (PMKS) in Jakarta approaching Ramadhan is increasing for 20-25 percent of the total number of PMKS on regular day that reached 4,045 people.

“The beggars are commonly coming from Central Java and West Java areas, such as Indramayu, Brebes, and Karawang. While for bums, they mostly come from Cianjur,” told Masrokhan when contacted by beritajakarta.com, Wednesday (6/25).

Residents Give Takjil to PMKS Will Be Fined

According to Masrokhan, this sanction is set in Article 40 Bylaw No. 8/2007 on Public Order. The article says that any person or agency is prohibited to become beggar, street singer, hawker, and car windows cleaner. Any person or agency is prohibited to employ other people as beggar, street singer, hawker, and car windows cleaner. Any person or agency is also prohibited to buy something from the hawker or give money or goods to beggar, street singer, and car windows cleaner.

“The article 61 mentions sanction for violators, article 40 on the first rule, will be charged with a sentence of 20-90 days of imprisonment or a fine ranging from Rp 500 thousand up to Rp 30 million. Violation article 40 of the second and third rules set out in article 61 paragraph 1 with a sentence of 10-60 days of imprisonment or fine for as much as Rp 100 thousand-Rp 20 million. The rules will be imposed strictly. If not, PMKS would keep coming to Jakarta ahead of and during fasting month,” he uttered.

To banish PMKS, as many as 600 joint personnel of Jakarta Social Department, Satpol PP, and City Police have been deployed.

“Those personnel are spread to 30 PMKS-prone areas, namely Coca Cola junction, Senen, Galur, Kelapa Gading, Pramuka, Matraman, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Pasar Rebo, Trakindo, Fatmawati, Pejaten, Pancoran, Mampang Kuningan, Pemuda Monument, and Slipi. 15 of them will be managed by Social Department and the rest for sub-departments in five municipalities,” he informed.

The netted PMKS will be returned to their hometowns by Jakarta Social Deparment 12 days after Eid ul Fitr.

“Before being returned, the beggars and bums will be given guidance in social institutions, so they would have a new understanding that seeking money in Jakarta is difficult. We’ll also give them skill training, thus they could open a business in their hometowns,” explained Masrokhan.