Homeless People Arrested Around The State Palace Will Be Returned After Undergoing Guidance

JAKARTA - A total of 16 Persons with Social Welfare Problems (PMKS) who were secured from around the State Palace, Gambir District, Central Jakarta, will undergo social rehabilitation. The Head of the Social Implementation Unit (Kasatpel) Tanah Abang Sub-district, Asep Supriayatna stated that these PMKS will undergo training such as social rehabilitation.

"Not only coaching, but we will also send them back to their hometowns," he said, Thursday, October 6.

Asep said, the coaching carried out while in the orphanage was aimed at making these PMKS have an identity. In addition, PMKS do not return to the streets to beg in various ways in Central Jakarta.

"We hope that after they are trained, they will no longer take to the streets to beg," he said.

Previously, it was reported that dozens of Persons with Social Welfare Problems (PMKS) were again detained by the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) around the State Palace, Gambir area, Central Jakarta on Wednesday night, October 5.

Head of Central Jakarta Satpol PP, Tumbur Parluhutan Purba, said the control was carried out because of reports from residents regarding the existence of PMKS.