1. Medan: 12 x 4 lines
1. Medan: 12 x 4 lines
New fares
introduced
following
driver protest
Mayor Abdillah of Medan, the North Sumatra capital, introduced
new fares for public minivans on Thursday following a protest by
hundreds of minivan drivers grouped under the Association of
Medan Public Minivan Drivers/Owners (Kesper) earlier in the
morning.
With the mayor's ruling, drivers can now charge Rp 1,100 (12
US cents) per passenger per route, up from the previous Rp 900.
Meanwhile, the special fare for students remains unchanged at Rp
500 per passenger per route.
The new fares were announced by Medan's Administration Affairs
Assistant Aslan Harahap to a delegation of protesting Kesper
drivers at the municipality office.
The drivers' protest, which began at 7:30 a.m., left thousands
of office employees and students stranded between Jl. Jamin
Ginting and Jl. Pancing in Medan.
2. PLN: 18 x 2 lines
NGOs set up posts,
plan to sue PLN
A coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
concerned about the poor service provided by the State
Electricity Company (PLN) here, started the operation on Thursday
of monitoring and complaint posts for consumers suffering from
regular electricity blackouts imposed by the company.
They decided to set up the posts following complaints by
consumers that many of their electrical and electronic appliances
had been damaged by the power outages.
"The operation of these posts at several places here is part
of our preliminary action before we file a class action suit
against PLN. We can no longer wait for the Indonesian Consumers'
Foundation (YLKI) to follow up on the consumers' complaints,"
said Aryanto, an activist with the Center for the Study of
Government Strategy and Policy (Pussbik).
3. Suap: 10 x 3 lines
Gambler
accused of
bribery
A man believed to be an agent of an illegal gambling operator has
attempted to bribe an anti-drug abuse activist.
"The man who claimed to be a close friend of Alfian Tjahjono
contacted me through a friend of mine and offered me Rp 250
million to stop me talking about the activities of the gambling
financier," Singky Suwadji said on Thursday.
Police recently nabbed Alfian Tjahjono who is believed to be
an operator of big gambling activities at his house on Jl.
Dharmahusada Timur in Surabaya, Antara reported.