`Irregularities' in vehicle licensing service terminated<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Procedures for renewing vehicle license plates
\nin the East Jakarta traffic office returned to normal as no more
\nillegal fees were imposed on vehicle owners who failed to show
\ntheir old license plates when applying for the new ones.<\/p>\n
\"Today, I followed all the required procedures and so far the
\nSamsat officials have not asked me to pay any extra fees,\" a
\nvehicle owner, Indra Yahya, told The Jakarta Post on Saturday
\nwhile showing his new license plate.<\/p>\n
According to earlier press reports, people who wanted to renew
\ntheir license plates in East Jakarta were compelled to show their
\nold ones, or else pay some Rp 5,000 in extra fees.<\/p>\n
The system is an integrated administrative office in charge of
\nreleasing the license plates of vehicles in each of the five
\nmayoralties in Jakarta, which is overseen by the city police, the
\ncity tax office and Jasa Rahardja, the state-owned insurance
\ncompany.<\/p>\n
Recent media coverage on the illegal levies in the East
\nJakarta traffic office had outraged City Police Chief Maj. Gen.
\nMochamad Hindarto, who on Friday pledged to punish any of his
\nofficers involved in the irregularities.<\/p>\n
Responding to Hindarto's appeal, Col. Soeroso, the newly-
\ninstalled chief of the traffic directorate at the city police
\nheadquarters, launched a crackdown during which three traffic
\npolicemen were detained following allegations of involvement in
\nthe illegal practice. (03)<\/p>",
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