Eight motorbikes returned to DLLAJ in poor condition<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Head of the City Traffic and Land Transportation
\nAgency (DLLAJ) Rustam Effendy said on Monday that eight of 11
\nHarley Davidson motorbikes privately used by former and current
\nofficials, have been returned but most of them are in poor
\ncondition.<\/p>\n
"The eight motorbikes have been returned. They are now in
\nDLLAJ's warehouses," Rustam told reporters at City Hall, without
\nmentioning when the motorbikes were returned.<\/p>\n
He said most of the eight motorbikes, which were used to guard
\npresidents and prime ministers during the 1992 Non-Aligned
\nMovement Summit here, were damaged.<\/p>\n
He said the remaining three motorbikes were deployed for
\nofficial use for City Governor Sutiyoso, deputy governor for
\nadministrative affairs Abdul Kahfi and head of the City's Social
\nand Political Agency Dodi Sudarno.<\/p>\n
"I have signed letters about the official use of the three
\nmotorbikes," Rustam said.<\/p>\n
Besides Sutiyoso, Kahfi and Dodi, according to DLLAJ's record,
\nformer governor Wiyogo Admodarminto, City Council chairman Edy
\nWaluyo, councillor Ali Imran Husein and six DLLJ's officials also
\n"borrowed" the motorbikes.<\/p>\n
A source said Edy's Harley was returned a day before the
\ncontroversial news was broadcast by newspapers on Friday, while
\nthe remaining seven motorbikes were quickly returned over the
\nfollowing days.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, councillor Ali of the United Development Party
\n(PPP) admitted that he had asked the former chief of DLLAJ,
\nBuyung Atang, to loan him the motorbike.<\/p>\n
"But the motorbike was stripped bare of its parts and
\naccessories. It only had two tires and its frame left," Ali told
\nreporters.<\/p>\n
He later returned it after he learned from a workshop on Jl.
\nKebon Sirih, Central Jakarta that the repair work would cost him
\nRp 90 million (US$10,000).<\/p>\n
He regretted that DLLAJ forgot to delete his name from the
\nlist of officials who borrowed the bikes.<\/p>\n
"I haven't even had a chance to touch the motorbike. I have
\ncontacted DLLAJ, they have apologized for this," he said.<\/p>\n
Ali's opinion was that the news was spread by another
\ncouncillor who wanted to have the motorbike but found that none
\nof them were available.<\/p>\n
"I know the councillor. He was just disappointed because he
\ndid not get the motorbike," he said, without mentioning the name
\nof the councillor.<\/p>\n
Separately, councillor Audi I.Z. Tambunan of the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) doubted that the 11
\nmotorbikes had been returned.<\/p>\n
"I checked the warehouse this morning, the motorbikes have not
\nbeen returned," said Audi, who chairs the party's faction at the
\ncouncil.<\/p>\n
He also criticized Effendy for allowing Sutiyoso, Kahfi and
\nDodi to borrow the bikes, especially as Kahfi and Dodi were never
\nofficially guarded.<\/p>\n
He rebuked DLLAJ for the lack of transparency regarding the
\nmotorbikes. If the office plans to sell them at auction, this
\nshould be held openly, he said.<\/p>\n
According to government regulations, a piece of government
\nproperty can only be auctioned 10 years after it is bought. It
\nmeans that the motorbikes could be auctioned next year. (jun)<\/p>",
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