Colored By Chasing Action, Clown Senen Nets Raid

PPKMS caught in a raid (Source: Special)

JAKARTA - A number of buskers with clown characters and beggars were arrested by joint officers while they were making fortune in the Senen area, Central Jakarta. The Asih Asuh operation was held with the target of People with Social Welfare Problems (PMKS).

Head of Central Jakarta Pol PP, Bernard Tambunan, said that the result of the Asih Asuh operation was that only 6 PMKS were caught from Central Jakarta. Officers combed 4 PMKS-prone points in the Senen area, namely the Jalan Kramat Raya Fuel Filling Station (SPBU), Jalan Senen IV, Kebon Bayam, HKSN Park and Jalan Senen Station.

Bernard said PMKS outreach operations in the context of Asih Asuh Operations are in accordance with Regional Regulation (Perda) number 8 of 2007 concerning Public Order (Tibum).

"There were 6 PMKS without ID cards that were caught. All of them were immediately taken to the Kedoya Social Institution, West Jakarta," Bernard told VOI, Saturday, October 23.

The Asih Asuh operation, which targeted PMKS, was colored by chases. Some PMKS who saw the arrival of the officers had fled so as not to be taken by the officers. But his escape action failed when he was surrounded by officers.

Officers also provide education to the PKMS. They are secured to be nurtured in order to have expertise. They will be trained in social institutions so that they do not return to the road to earn a fortune.

"I wear a clown dress, just for singing, Mr. Satpol. For daily meals and snacks," said one of the PMKS clown costumes, who did not want to give his name.