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Police threatening action against FPI and others
The police are warning the Islamic Defendersâ Front (FPI) and other mass organizations against raiding entertainment centers, discotheques, restaurants and food stalls that continue operating during the upcoming fasting month
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he police are warning the Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) and other mass organizations against raiding entertainment centers, discotheques, restaurants and food stalls that continue operating during the upcoming fasting month.
National Police Chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said that the police would take harsh action against mass organizations that try to crack down on open entertainment centers, restaurants and food stalls before and during the fasting month.
'No mass organizations should launch sweeping raids. If there are any, I will take harsh actions,' he said speaking at a book launch and symposium at the Jember University in Jember, East Java, on Saturday.
He stressed that mass organizations were not authorized to launch such raids. 'Harsh actions will be taken against mass organizations launching raids during the Ramadhan fasting month,' he said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
The FPI and several other mass Islamic organizations launched crackdowns in urban areas during the fasting months of the past few years but no actions were taken against them. (rms)(+++)
