Counterfeit banknotes

Counterfeit banknotes

From Pikiran Rakyat

The police have, in their integrated operation, successfully nabbed some of the members of a syndicate making a large amount of counterfeit Rp 50,000 banknotes.

Ironically, the banknotes were printed with the picture of former president Soeharto, while the new Rp 50,000 banknotes depict Soepratman.

Therefore, it is now time for the government to take preventive measures, namely by withdrawing the banknotes in question from circulation. This can be done in stages because the presence of counterfeit money in the community is now causing alarming concern to the entire community. One of my neighbors, a meatball vendor, has received fake Rp 50,000 banknotes twice -- two each time. He had to borrow money to be able to make meat balls to sell the next day.

The government should take into account the people's plight caused by the circulation of counterfeit money.

UNDANG SURYADI MAYA

West Java