Councillors ticketed in police bust

Councillors ticketed in police bust

TANGERANG: In a joint operation with the regency
administration, Tigaraksa subprecinct police ticketed on Tuesday
five regency councillors for changing the license plates of their
official cars from red to black.

Official cars have red vehicle plates while private cars have
black ones. The councillors allegedly swapped the plates so they
could use the cars for matters not considered council business.

Councillors Muhdiar, Yevni Lubis and Surja Tisna Sanjaya
immediately followed police orders to display the correct vehicle
plates, which they still kept in the cars.

Two other councillors, Kamaludin and M. Syafei, promised to
make the replacement soon as they did not have the original
plates in the car.

"As councillors, we must show good examples to society. I just
changed the vehicle plate from red to black yesterday," Kamaludin
told journalists.

Chief of the regency administration's asset department Mahfud
Rasyad, who led the operation, said the raid on Jl. Tigaraksa
between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m, would continue for the next few days
and would target not only councillors, but also administration
staff members.

"Official cars would be seized from councillors and officials
if they were found to have violated the regulations three times,"
he said.--JP