Capital Offense

Forget the usual small fry. The latest action to rid Jakarta of its hoodlum growth industry has so far netted roe. Extortion rules the streets of the capital.

April 24, 2001

As the governor of Jakarta, Sutiyoso has been invested with certain responsibilities. At present he is confronted by a Herculean task: a cull of hoodlums in the nation's capital. The revelation that the total number of thugs in Jakarta has soared dramatically since he first took office was perhaps a recent phenomenon, but sufficient to galvanize him into action. The various crimes committed by this contemporary plague are the source of increasing ...

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