Police checking IDs<\/p>\n
I am an Indian girl living and working in Jakarta with an oil
\ncompany. The other night I went out with some of my friends.
\nWhile the group was returning in a couple of taxis, we were
\nstopped near the Hard Rock Cafe about 1:30 a.m. A police van was
\nparked on the side of the road and officers were stopping all
\ncars to check IDs. Some of us were not carrying our IDs at the
\ntime.<\/p>\n
A few of my friends who have been stopped before and who were
\ncarrying IDs advised against showing an ID to the police officer
\nanyway. Because if you show them your ID, they confiscate it and
\nthen you have to pay much more money to get the ID back. As must
\nalready be obvious to the reader, the police officers wanted
\nmoney.<\/p>\n
They started with a demand of Rp 300,000, then bargained. And
\nall of them connived in it. We wanted to call our company so that
\nthey could bring our IDs to the police station. But the police
\nofficer would not allow us to use our cellular phone to make the
\ncall. The message was clear: \"Pay up or Pay up\".<\/p>\n
I am visiting in your country and it is not right of me to
\ncriticize my hosts or speak ill of them. The reason I am writing
\nthis letter is to draw the attention of those Indonesians who
\nlove Indonesia to one thing -- incidents like these, happening
\nevery day and everywhere, make a nation look like a bunch of
\ngreedy, corrupt and disgusting people. Foreigners like myself,
\nwill travel more; we will go back to our countries and take
\naround these stories of Indonesia.<\/p>\n
I have specified the place and the time of the incident in the
\nhope that somebody from the Police will read this. Somebody who
\nis not steeped in corruption and who loves their country enough
\nto punish the people involved.<\/p>\n
This message is sent with the hope that things can improve and
\npeople's confidence in justice in Indonesia can be restored
\nsomewhat. Who do I need to fear on the road? The police. I am
\nsure you can appreciate how ridiculous that is and how that
\nreflects on the nation.<\/p>\n
KAJAL DEEPAK<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-checking-ids-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }