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Thousands of illegal liquor bottles destroyed in Jakarta
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Thousands of bottles of illegal liquor being destroyed at the South Jakarta Police headquarters on May 23. (Warta Kota/Feryanto Hadi)
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he Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) destroyed more than 12,400 bottles of illegal alcoholic beverages they seized in five municipalities across the city since January at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta on Tuesday morning.
Satpol PP head Jupan Royter hoped the destruction of such drink could help protect citizens from the deaths caused by consuming alcoholic beverages, especially miras oplosan local hard liquor mixed with harmful substances.
“These are illegal drinks, many of which are even oplosan that can cause death,” Jupan told reporters at Monas. About 5,000 of the bottles were seized in West Jakarta, 4,000 in East Jakarta, 1,500 in North Jakarta, 1,200 in Central Jakarta and 700 in South Jakarta.
Deaths caused by bootleg liquor have been increasing. At least 10 citizens died of consuming bootleg liquor late last year in Cakung, East Jakarta. In January, three residents of Bekasi in West Java also died of the same cause.
