Jakarta and Public Order - Wanting to be Singapore Cleaning Up Jakarta?

Sneaking in under the radar is the new Government of Jakarta Regional Regulation on Public Order. The impact of this Regulation will be heavily dependent on enforcement of its somewhat draconian provisions because without adequate law enforcement it is likely to go the way of other public order ordinances, irrelevancy. The public needs to be aware of these provisions for no other reason than the many practices that Jakartans have taken for granted are no subject to severe criminal penalties and fines. Ignorance of the law is not a valid excuse.