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Originally Posted by victory1
Bros who still cheong Batam....BETTER READ THIS>>>>>>>
Police raids on Batam hotels threat to tourism
Hotel operators in Batam have condemned the local police for the frequent raids on hotel guests during Ramadan, arguing they are threatening the tourism industry in the region.
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The police are just wayanging. In acutal fact, they are looking for money. It has been a bad year here, with so many business doing badly, and the cops need "side line" for their new year mah.
Ramadan is just excuse. In fact, they want $$$$$, the bottom line. I personally seen quite a few "checks" on the streets, police asking ojeks to stop to "check", these few days. So buckle my seat belt too, not to let them have excuse. They will usually stop you if you make a traffic blunder, and that will be excuse to take some $$$ from you.
Usually, the higher class hotels are not subjected to such raids, unless there is a tip off. Also, the police have no rights to do a check without a warrant, like the report wrote.