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Muslim figure speaks out against Ramadhan raids
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Kompas TV footage shows a woman begging Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) personnel not to impound food from her stall, which is her only livelihood. (Courtesy of Kompas TV/-)
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Muslim intellectual has voiced his concern over the Serang Public Order Agency’s (Satpol PP) recent raid on an elderly woman’s food stall that had served customers at midday during Ramadhan.
Syafii Maarif urged the authorities to change a regulation restricting some people from making a living during the fasting month.
“During the fasting month people should do good […] What was done by Satpol PP was not good and could not be justified,” the former chairman of Islamic organization Muhammadiyah said as quoted by kompas.com on Sunday.
Satpol PP personnel were seen confiscating food from the stall in Serang, Banten, on Friday after customers were sold food during the day, leaving the stall owner in tears. The footage from Kompas TV went viral on social media and led to an impromptu donation drive that collected more than Rp 80 million (US$6,000) in under 12 hours.
Serang Satpol PP head Maman Lutfi told Kompas TV that the food stall was a legitimate target for the raid as it had served food during the day, adding that dozens of other stalls had been also been raided and their food impounded. (iik)
