Erring bus operators found

Erring bus operators found

JAKARTA (JP): At least 15 inter-city buses, whose crew members were found guilty of substantially raising ticket prices over the Idul Fitri holiday, will soon be reported to the Directorate General of Land Transportation.

Herman Tonglo Langi, head of the City Traffic and Land Transportation Control Office, told Antara yesterday that crew member violations were uncovered directly at bus terminals and others by reports from the public.

"Some of them were uncovered by Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirdja himself during an incognito visit at the Pulogadung terminal," Herman said.

Besides raising the tariffs, several bus crewmen were also found guilty of selling tickets to potential passengers when no more buses were available, stranding a number of passengers, he said.

The owners of the guilty bus companies have been identified only as PO H (which service Jakarta-Yogyakarta route), PO D (Jakarta-Central Java cities), PO K (Jakarta-Palembang), PO R (Jakarta-Medan), PO TD (Jakarta-Jepara) and PO TJ (Jakarta-Solo). (hhr)