Seven Residents Netted Due to Littering
Reported by Budhi Firmansyah Surapati | Translated by Trias Risangayu
Seven residents were netted by civil servant
investigators (PPNS) for cleanliness in the raid that held along East Flood
Canal (KBT), Duren Sawit, Sunday (10/4). Those are netted due to littering.
According to the bylaw, the offenders will be fined up to Rp 500 thousand or imprisonment for 6 months
Secretary of East Jakarta Administration, Junaidi
acknowledged that the raid is compliance with Bylaw No.3/2013 on Trash
Management. It regulates on trash throwing according to its place.
"According to the bylaw, the offenders will be fined up
to Rp 500,000 or imprisonment for 6 months. But our aim now is just
education, that is by giving moral sanction," he expressed.
Besides locals, another target is peddler. But the officer
only gives them understanding to maintain cleanliness.
Meanwhile, Head of East Jakarta Cleanliness Sub-Department,
Wahyu Pudjiastuti disclosed a dossier and statement form are immediately made
to the netted residents.
"Nevertheless, we remain give them sanction, which is
they have to clean up trashes on the streets," she asserted.
