COVID-19: Crowds, minor infractions on first working day after social restrictions imposed in Jakarta

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COVID-19: Crowds, minor infractions on first working day after social restrictions imposed in Jakarta
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JAKARTA: Despite so-called “large-scale social restrictions” being imposed in Jakarta, streets in the Indonesian capital appeared to be fairly ...

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The operator also imposed a limit on the number of passengers allowed inside the stations, based on the maximum number of people allowed on the incoming train at any one time. “Officials tried to stop the stations’ platform from being overcrowded but in doing so they created long queues and pile-ups at the gates,” Wahyu Cahyono, a computer engineer who works at an internet provider company, told CNA.Cahyono said he waited for more than an hour before he was allowed inside the station. “People were furiously shouting at the officials. They were all angry because the policy completely backfired.

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