Drivers protest over new road charge

Sat, 26 Jun 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

YOGYAKARTA: Hundreds of angkot (public transportation minibus)
drivers staged a protest on Friday in front of the Yogyakarta
Transportation Agency's offices on Jl. Raya Magelang here,
rejecting the imposition of border toll charges.

According to a recently introduced policy, each public
transportation driver whose route traverses the Yogyakarta border
is required to pay a local government charge of Rp 30,000 (US$
3.2) every 21 days.

Purwanto Johan Riyadi, the coordinator of the protest, said
that the new policy greatly inconvenienced drivers and had to be
revoked. -- JP

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