Jakarta – Jakarta city residents are complaining about gubernatorial candidates who have posted campaign pictures on residents' houses without the owners' consent.

In the East Cengkareng subdistrict, West Jakarta, stickers of gubernatorial candidate duo Hidayat Nurwahid and Didik J. Rachbini can be seen plastered on doors, shops, businesses and fences across the area.

Erik, 35, a resident of Community Unit (RW) 06, said that the campaign had been placing stickers in the area for the past three days. He said that stickers were usually placed in the small hours when residents were asleep.

Daud, 40, of RW 08, said that the stickers were placed without permission and that this caused outrage among residents as the stickers made the area look messy.

West Jakarta police spokesman, Kadiman Sitinjak, said that he was not aware of how gubernatorial stickers were being placed in the area. "Candidates are not allowed to indiscriminately do what they want. That's what the rules say. We'll check and see if this is really happening, and we'll sort it out if it's true," Kadiman said, according to Berita Jakarta. (png)