Jakarta – The Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) is continuing to remove hate banners in Jakarta, with 40 more banners removed from Luar Batang in North Jakarta, a local district head said on Wednesday.

Penjaringan district head Mohammad Andri, said Satpol PP officers had been deployed to the neighborhood on Tuesday night to remove banners designed to discredit non-Muslim Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama. He added that he had raised public awareness on the importance of maintaining security in the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, Satpol PP head Jupan Royter said he would try to carry out a more persuasive approach in handling such provocation. "We don't have to be too strict and [by taking the persuasive approach] it could be a way to educate the public."

Several mosques in Jakarta have installed banners emblazoned with messages calling on Muslims to not perform funeral prayers for deceased Muslims found to have voted for Ahok, who is a Christian of Chinese descent. Some 266 hate banners across the city were removed on March 14. (idb)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/03/15/more-hate-banners-removed-in-jakarta.html