Airport-Like Security to be Applied in Jakarta Nightclubs

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said that policies guiding recreational places such as nightclubs and pubs should be modified as to achieve the city's ambition, in preventing escalating widespread of drugs distribution.

Governor Basuki said that his is not worried about the operational hours of those places but he is particularly worried that minimal security gives dealers the access to get inside and sell the products.

As for that matter, Governor Basuki sought for the intensification on the securing measures of those places security so that the undesirable distribution will not take place. According to him, securing system similar to that of the one being used at airports.

"Everyone should be checked with a machine similar to the one that we have at airport where people will be checked and monitored in detail," Governor Ahok explained on October 5 2015.

Governor Basuki shared how assuring the places safety from the danger of drugs distribution is far more important than limiting the operation hours of night time recreational places.

"I really want for the place to be shut down if, only if there are reports claiming that the place has been used as the venue to consume drugs twice. So it is not about the operational hours but about the policy itself," he concluded. (Akp/Ein)