Komnas Perempuan to Monitor Case of Online Taxi Driver Harassment in Central Jakarta

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) will monitor the case of harassment by an online taxi driver with initials WAH (39) against a passenger with initials SKD (20), which occurred in Central Jakarta on Saturday (14/3). “Komnas Perempuan will continue to monitor both the legal process and the recovery of the victim,” said Commissioner Sundari Waris when met at a press conference at Metro Jaya Police Headquarters on Monday. Sundari also hopes that this incident will lead to comprehensive prevention efforts, particularly for online transportation, both two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles. “First is policy, strengthening policies to promote national standards for protecting female users, both two-wheeled and four-wheeled, as well as vulnerable groups on existing transportation platforms,” she said. Then, advocating for derivative regulations under the Sexual Violence Prevention Law that bind applicators. Obligations for security features, obligations for special reporting of cases, integration of cross-sectoral policies. “We will conduct a study on how relevant ministries and institutions such as the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Ministry of Transportation, Police, and Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection can create national regulations specifically for online transportation,” said Sundari. Because driver recruitment can be done online only, the platform does not know the person physically, the vehicle, and even the driver could change. “There is also a need for supervision and monitoring for periodic tracking of reported sexual violence cases in online transportation,” she stated. Komnas Perempuan recorded that throughout 2025, there were eight cases of violence against women as users in online transportation, with sexual violence being the highest. “This is something we must all be wary of together, and in the future, to carry out national prevention to suppress such incidents,” said Sundari.