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).
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