Bangka Regency Government Will Imprison For Owners Of Charity Boxes Without Permit

Illustration of Prison (ANTARA)

SUNGALIAT - The Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) of Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province, stated that owners of charity boxes without official permits could face imprisonment for 3 months.

"In addition to the 3-month lack, violators of Article 20 of Regional Regulation Number 6 of 2005 concerning public order can be fined Rp. 1.5 million," said Head of Enforcement of the Bangka Satpol PP Regional Regulation, Ahmad Fauzi, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, August 13.

This was confirmed in relation to the dozens of charity boxes without permission that were secured from a number of restaurants and places to eat in Sungailiat City.

"The same criminal sanctions are also applied to anyone who violates the donation levy without any official permission issued from the social service," he said.

Ahmad Fauzi invites all levels of society to jointly maintain public order by participating in the role of assisting the government in enforcing regional regulations.

"If the public knows that there are parties who violate the regional regulation, especially raising donations without permission, they should immediately report to our side so that there is immediate action," he said.

There are allegations, he continued, that the charity boxes distributed in several places exceeded the number of charity boxes that were successfully secured.

"We continue to carry out surveillance in the field with the hope that public order regulations can be created in the community," he said.