Indonesia: Party-goers busted in raid on discotheque as Covid-19 cases and death keep rising


Labourers rollling tobacco at their work terminals, separated by plastic covers as part of measures amid the coronavirus pandemic, at a Gudang Baru cigarette factory in Malang, East Java, on Saturday (July 11). Virus cases and the death toll in Indonesia has been rising fast. - AFP

JAKARTA, July 11 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Authorities busted around 100 people during a raid on Top One Discotheque in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, in the early hours of the morning.

Ivan, the head of entertainment and recreation monitoring at Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency, said the people found on the premises included patrons, hostesses and sex workers.

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