Drivers complain of extortion at Ciputat

Drivers complain of extortion at Ciputat

TANGERANG: A number of traders and public minivan drivers in
Ciputat have complained about hoodlums who extort money from them
everyday.

Asep, one of the drivers who serves the Ciputat-Cileduk route,
said he must give at least Rp 3,000 to the hoodlums each day.

Another driver, Safei, said that last week, several hoodlums
broke the window of a minivan serving the Ciputat-Pondok Aren
route because the driver refused to give money to the hoodlums.

Meanwhile, Udin, a food vendor, complained that everyday, he
and other vendors must pay Rp 2,000 each to the hoodlums.

Sarwiji, 46, a trader at the market told The Jakarta Post on
Tuesday there were 20 hoodlums who usually gathered near the
market on Jl. Ki Hajar Dewantoro, right in front of the Ciputat
military command headquarters.

Tangerang police recently cracked down on hundreds of the
hoodlums in many parts in Tangerang, but those in Ciputat, are
still untouched. --JP