Again on train ticket scalpers<\/p>\n
From Kompas<\/p>\n
When I was queuing for the Argo Gede train at Gambir station
\nwith some fifty other people, right at the time the ticket office
\nwas opened several ticket scalpers started offering tickets and
\none of them was holding more than ten tickets.<\/p>\n
One of them stood next to the ticket office and shouted that
\nthere were only fifty tickets left. Most of us panicked and they
\ntook advantage of the situation by selling their tickets.<\/p>\n
When someone in the queue -- a few people away from getting
\nhis ticket -- protested, he was attacked by the ticket scalpers
\nand forced to run away. The only security officer just looked on.<\/p>\n
Soon the same ticket scalper \"announced\" again that only ten
\ntickets were left and they blocked the line so that only a few
\npeople could get tickets. Strangely enough the ticket office was
\nclosed after the ten tickets were sold out.<\/p>\n
With anger and disappointment the rest of us moved to another
\nticket office for the Parahyangan train. The situation was not
\ntoo different.<\/p>\n
The promises of the state-owned railway company (PT KAI) to
\neradicate ticket scalpers remain a dream to be realized, because
\nit is no secret that the KAI's ticket officers are a part of the
\n\"ticket mafia\".<\/p>\n
FERRY LUKINTO<\/p>\n
Surakarta, Central Java<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/again-on-train-ticket-scalpers-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }