Minivan drivers on strike

Minivan drivers on strike

TANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of public transportation minivans
serving Tangerang Perumnas II-Cikokol bus terminal routes went on
strike at Cibodas terminal on Wednesday to demand the Tangerang
Land Transportation Agency halt the operation of some 300 other
minivans that were without operational licenses.

The strike stranded hundreds of passengers for at least 5
hours.

One of the striking drivers, Sucipto, 48, said that some 750
minivans operated along the routes, but only 423 held operating
licenses.

"We protested to the agency last month and they promised to
conduct a raid on those illegal minivans," he said.

"But instead of raiding them, the agency simply issued 50 new
licenses to 50 other minivans serving the same route. As a
result, our earnings automatically reduced," he told journalists.

Another protester alleged that the agency produced new
operating licenses after they had received bribes from the
vehicle owner.(41)