Some 1,000 people who intended to demand the closure of North Jakarta's Alexis Hotel, widely believed to be a high-class brothel, have canceled their protest plans for Thursday afternoon following discussions with the police.
Mohamad Yusuf, coordinator of the North Jakarta Community Forum Presidium that initiated the plan, said the protesters had met with the North Jakarta Police and agreed to cancel Thursday's planned protest.
Yusuf said the group agreed to cancel the protest, because they had been able to convey their wishes to Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan through the police
"We have asked a person close to Pak Anies to remind him about his [campaign] promise to close Alexis," Yusuf was quoted by kompas.com on Thursday.
Although the group had canceled Thursday's protest, Yusuf said the group might still hold a demonstration in the next few days.
During his gubernatorial campaign, Anies had promised to close the Alexis Hotel in connection with cleaning up the city.
He criticized his rival, then Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, for only acting firmly in evicting low-income residents, but not in curbing high-class prostitution. (cal/wit)
Source: North Jakarta group cancels Alexis Hotel protest
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