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Women officers deployed to ensure Alexis Hotel closure
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Alexis Hotel entertainment center in Ancol, North Jakarta. (kompas.com/Galih Pradipta)
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s many as 30 women officers of the Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) were deployed by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to make sure that the infamous Alexis Hotel entertainment center has really been closed.
After a ceremony at City Hall on Thursday, the officers were dispatched to the hotel at Jl. RE Martadinata.
“Please check all [of Alexis Hotel’s] facilities and ensure that they’ve stopped operating. Please avoid unnecessary conflict,” he said, adding that he intentionally deployed women officers to show that enforcing regulations does not always need coercion.
However, soon after the women Satpol PP officers arrived at Alexis Hotel at around 3:45 p.m., they became involved in a heated argument with the hotel’s security officers.
“We’ve closed; what else have you come for?” said a security officer to the Satpol PP team. Both parties then reportedly starting shoving each other.
PT Grand Ancol Hotel, which operated Alexis Hotel entertainment center, had officially stopped its operation. The management stated that the closure was done to put an end to the recent accusations that it was involved in prostitution and human trafficking.
The city administration revoked their business license on March 22, following its investigation into alleged prostitution in the hotel building. (vla)
