Selling Alcohol, Elvis Cafe Ex-Holywings Bogor, Sealed By The City Government

Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto (center) accompanied by Head of Bogor City Police Commissioner Pol Susatyo Purnomo Condro (left) and Dandim 0606 Bogor City Lieutenant Colonel Inf Ali Akhwan (right)/ANTARA

BOGOR - Bogor City Government, West Java sealed Elvis Cafe, which recently changed its name from Holywings for the next 14 days because it was proven to sell and stock hundreds of bottles of liquor above 40 percent.

Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto said the sealing was carried out following up on reports from the public who were restless to see Holywings' promotional advertisement for liquor was carried out on his social media account.

"We checked directly at the location, although Holywings in Bogor City has changed its name to Elvis, but we found evidence that this store is still affiliated with Holywings Indonesia, only the name is Elvis," said Bima as quoted by Antara, Saturday, June 25.

Bima revealed that Elvis Cafe is still in the same company as Holywings. This was stated in the Holywings Indonesia social media account.

Holywings, who promotes liquor through social media, makes Bima Arya want to ensure that the advertisement for the sale of prohibited goods applies in Bogor City as well as through Elvis Cafe, which has been proven to stock hundreds of bottles of liquor above 40 percent.

The Mayor of Bogor also stated that he would seal Elvis Cafe for the next 14 days to evaluate the building permit and operating permit for the cafe.

"And this (the liquor that was found) is a drink advertised by Holywings in Jakarta that injures Muslims. I think this Holywings has gone too far, to not understand, not to understand, not to obey the rules and also our local wisdom. Today, Elvis, which is affiliated with Holywings Jakarta, will be sealed within the next 14 days and the IMB can also be frozen, "explained Bima.

The Holywings cafe in Bogor City was also warned by the Mayor of Bogor, Bima Arya, on Sunday (9/1), which is exactly one month before its launch, to ensure that the cafe complies with local regulations regarding the prohibition of selling liquor above five percent.

At that time, Bima Arya checked the layout of the Holywings Cafe building on Jalan Pajajaran Bogor and asked the owner Ivan Tanjaya to come over to tell him the criteria for a possible cafe in Bogor City.

The Bogor City Government prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages above five percent, namely class B which has a content of up to 20 percent and class C which has a content of above 20 percent to 55 percent, while below five percent is still allowed.

The regulation on alcoholic beverages under five percent also has a legal umbrella from the Bogor Mayor Regulation No. 48 of 2019, concerning Technical Guidelines for Controlling Alcoholic Drinks.

Then the opening of the cafe, which had promised to adjust regional regulations, was attended by the Mayor of Bogor, Bima Arya, on Thursday (10/2).

At that time, the owner of the cafe, Ivan Tanjaya, admitted that he did not think about the profit and loss when the concept of the restaurant and liquor business changed according to the rules of the Bogor City Government.

In a press conference held after the inauguration of the opening of Holywings Bogor, in the courtyard of the cafe with the Mayor of Bogor Bima Arya and the cafe's investor, Hotman Paris Hutapea, Ivan said he was happy to have been invited to discuss the concept of the City of Bogor and the possible businesses.