Action against ticket scalpers planned

Action against ticket scalpers planned

JAKARTA: The City Transportation Agency plans to take pictures
of ticket scalpers caught operating at bus terminals this holiday
season and expose the pictures to the public.

"I instructed agency officials and the terminal heads to take
pictures of the ticket scalpers who bother the people, and to put
the photos in the terminals," head of the agency, Rustam Efendi,
told beritajakarta.com on Wednesday.

He said that the ticket scalpers who are arrested would be
charged with pubic order offenses which carry a maximum penalty
of three months in jail or a Rp 5 million fine.

Ticket scalpers often roam at bus terminals, harassing would-
be passengers. Their numbers increase as people prepare to leave
the city to celebrate Idul Fitri in their hometowns.--JP