Bike taxi drivers attack bus terminal

Bike taxi drivers attack bus terminal

JAKARTA (JP): As of Sunday evening, North Jakarta Police had
not made any arrests in connection with an attack by some 100
bicycle taxi (ojek sepeda) drivers at the Tanjung Priok bus
terminal.

"We have not arrested anybody ... we just spoke to a few
people. They have promised not to create any more trouble," North
Jakarta Police chief of operational control Maj. Bayu said.

Bayu was discussing the Sunday morning attack at the Tanjung
Priok bus terminal, which followed a verbal altercation between a
bicycle taxi driver and an official of the Land Transportation
Agency (DLLAJ).

Bayu said a bicycle taxi driver, identified as Kopral, was
kicked out of the terminal on Saturday evening by a DLLAJ
official, who was identified as Murdik.

Murdik told Kopral he was no longer allowed to work in the
terminal.

"This happened at about 7 p.m. on Saturday. The two men got
into a verbal fight, but other DLLAJ officials intervened and
asked the two to settle their problem peacefully. Everything was
fine until Sunday morning," Bayu said.

Some 100 bicycle taxi drivers arrived at the terminal at about
1 a.m. and threw stones at the DLLAJ office, kiosks and food
stalls.

"They also burned one Honda motorcycle at the scene," Bayu
said.

Police secured the area an hour after the incident. The amount
of losses caused in the attack have not yet been determined.
(ylt)