JAKARTA - Homeless people are listed as the largest group in data on people with social welfare problems (PMKS) or social welfare service (PPKS) recipients resulting from controlling the past seven months in the West Jakarta area.
Head of West Jakarta Social Service Sub-dept. Suprapto explained that of the 990 PMKS reached by officers, 400 of them were homeless.
"During that period, homeless people became the most caught category, reaching 400 people," Suprapto said as quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, August 10.
The next category is 268 people with mental disorders (psychotics), 62 buskers, and the rest are in other categories.
Based on the data, the control of PMKS is carried out every month with a total of 107 people in January 2025, February 121 people, March 145 people, April 113 people, May 167 people, June 155 people, and July 182 people.
"The reach is carried out in locations prone to PPKS in eight sub-districts of West Jakarta, such as at crossroads or red light areas," he explained.
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He added that this activity was part of the enforcement of the Jakarta Regional Regulation Number 8 of 2007 concerning Public Order.
"Those who were caught were immediately taken by officers to the Kedoya Social Institution to get guidance," he concluded
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