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        "id": 1345178,
        "msgid": "residents-complain-of-illegal-levies-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-01-15 00:00:00",
        "title": "Residents complain of illegal levies",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Residents complain of illegal levies TANGERANG: Residents of Grendeng subdistrict in Tangerang complained about the illegal levies imposed by local officials for the application process of documents such as ID cards, family cards and birth certificates. One of the residents, Sandra, said on Tuesday that an official at the subdistrict office asked her for Rp 20,000 to speed up the processing of an ID card application, which would then be ready within a day.",
        "content": "<p>Residents complain of illegal levies<\/p>\n<p>TANGERANG: Residents of Grendeng subdistrict in Tangerang<br>\ncomplained about the illegal levies imposed by local officials<br>\nfor the application process of documents such as ID cards, family<br>\ncards and birth certificates.<\/p>\n<p>One of the residents, Sandra, said on Tuesday that an official<br>\nat the subdistrict office asked her for Rp 20,000 to speed up the<br>\nprocessing of an ID card application, which would then be ready<br>\nwithin a day.<\/p>\n<p>\"The official told me that if I was not willing to give him<br>\nthe money, I would have to wait for at least a week or two,\" she<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hengky S., head of community unit 8 in the<br>\nsubdistrict, said that illegal levies usually ranged from Rp<br>\n15,000 to Rp 30,000.<\/p>\n<p>Starting January 2001, mayor M. Thamrin ordered all<br>\nsubdistrict offices in the municipality to no longer impose any<br>\nfees on residents who applied for documents at subdistrict<br>\noffices.<\/p>\n<p>The subdistrict chief, Muchtar, denied that his officials<br>\ncollected illegal levies from residents, saying that the<br>\naccusation was made by people who had a personal grudge against<br>\nhim. --JP<\/p>",
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