40 contractors arrested for counterfeiting documents<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The City Municipality Office announced yesterday
\nthat many contractors are operating with fake identities in the
\ncity.<\/p>\n
Harun Al Rasyid, the acting chairman of the city's pra-
\nqualification committee, said that 40 fake identities have so far
\nbeen confiscated through a number of tenders for the construction
\nof projects owned by city-owned companies or city institutions.<\/p>\n
Giving no details about the date of the confiscation, Kahfi
\ntold The Jakarta Post in a statement that fake identities deal
\nwith the provision of a number of services, including contract
\nwork, consultation, goods procurement and other services.<\/p>\n
\"The cases of the 40 fake documents are currently being
\ninvestigated and processed by the Central Jakarta police,\" Harun
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
According to Harun, who is also the City Secretary, the 40
\nfake identities were confiscated by the committee in separate
\nopportunities through legal channels.<\/p>\n
\"It seems to us that the syndicate running these fake
\ndocuments is well organized,\" said Harun, a former major of South
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that brokers grouped in this syndicate can
\nproperly counterfeit the original form for recommended
\ncontractors along with the serial number, officers' signatures
\nand the official stamp of the committee.<\/p>\n
Harun quoted one of the suspects as saying that the syndicate
\nhas forged at least 1,000 forms.<\/p>\n
\"All of them have been sold,\" the suspect admitted.<\/p>\n
No broker<\/p>\n
Harun, therefore, urged private contractors intending to take
\npart in the tenders of the city's projects to apply directly to
\nthe committee, whose office is located on the ground floor at
\nBlock E of the City Municipality Office on Jl. Merdeka Selatan 8-
\n9, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"Do not ever apply via any broker or third party who might
\nonly inflict a loss upon the applicant,\" he said.<\/p>\n
His committee, he said, has learned that the tariff for
\narranging the completion of the documents through brokers or
\nmiddlemen was set from Rp 2 million (US$915) to Rp 10 million per
\ncontractor.<\/p>\n
\"The tariff is much lower through the committee than if it is
\nset by the brokers,\" Harun offered.<\/p>\n
Many people have said that the applicants refused to apply
\nthrough the committee due to the complicated procedures and
\nbureaucracy involved, which only wasted their time and money.<\/p>\n
Among distinctive differences on the fake documents is the
\nlogo of the state-owned money printing company Perum Peruri,
\nwhich issues the paper.<\/p>\n
\"The emblem appears on the fake paper when viewed through
\nultraviolet rays but it cannot be seen on the original one,\"
\nHarun explained. (bsr)<\/p>",
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