As many as 21 chicken slaughterhouses in Pisangan Baru and Utan Kayu Selatan Urban Villages, Matraman Sub-District, East Jakarta, are sealed by 100 joint personnel from the local Marine and Agriculture Sub-Department, Livestock and Fishery Sub-Department, Satpol PP, and TNI/police, Wednesday (12/24).

Starting today, we will limit the supply of living chicken to Matraman area. Everything must go to the slaughterhouses in Rawa Kepiting and Rawa Terate

Head of Livestock Division for Jakarta Marine and Agriculture Department, Agung Priambodo, said the sealing is in accordance to Bylaw No. 05/1992 and No. 04/2007 on healthy food products maintenance arrangement. Thus, all chicken slaughterhouse owners are expected to obey the rules.

“Starting today, we will limit the supply of living chicken to Matraman area. Everything must go to the slaughterhouses in Rawa Kepiting and Rawa Terate, Cakung Sub-District, East Jakarta,” stated Priambodo who also disclosed that about 182 chicken slaughterhouses in the capital city will also be relocated in the future.

Meanwhile, Head of Matraman Sub-District, Hari Nugroho, explained that those 21 chicken slaughterhouses are sealed because they were polluting the environment and did not fit to designation. Besides, the locals were also complaining their existence.

“Before sealing these slaughterhouses, we have summoned their owners and socialized the matter,” he told.

On the contrary, Anto (40), a chicken slaughterhouse owner in Utan Kayu Selatan, admitted that he could only resign of the sealing. But, he is disappointed because the socialization was suboptimal and there was no preparation from the slaughterhouse owners.

“There was no one here protesting (the slaughterhouse existence). As a matter of fact, they were happy because there were job opportunities. Why all of a sudden our business sealed without any socialization beforehand. I’ve been doing business in here for six years, everything was fine and no one was complaining,” he lamented.