INDONESIA: Plan for ban on giving to beggars
Updated
City authorities in Jakarta have proposed a ban on residents giving money to beggars, street musicians and food vendors operating in the Indonesian capital. Under a law passed by Jakarta City Council, residents who are caught buying goods or giving money to beggars, hawkers and buskers could be fined or jailed.
Presenter: Stephanie March
Speakers: Wardah Hafidz, co-ordinator for the Urban Poor Consortium in Jakarta; Dr George Quinn, deputy dean for Asian Studies in the college of Asia and the Pacific at ANU; Professor Tim Lindsey, director of the Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne
