Minivan drivers want police to ticket them

Minivan drivers want police to ticket them

BOGOR: Dozens of drivers of public minivans plying the
Sukasari to Bubulak route held a strike rally on Monday at Bogor
City Council, protesting extortion by officers from the
transportation agency.

"We want the police, not the officers, to uphold traffic rules
because they are more firm. Transportation agency officers, on
the contrary, often demand Rp 3,000 (35 US cents) from us," said
Teguh, 35.

According to the drivers, the officers waited near Jembatan
Merah bridge on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, which is a dead end,
where the minivan drivers often did a U-turn.

The drivers also asked the councillors to help them to talk
with the police and the transportation agency on the presence of
three different public minivans which had taken over their route.

The drivers were received by councillor Rizal Barnadi, head of
the land transportation division at the transportation agency
Bambang Budianto and Bogor Police chief of operations Adj. Comr.
Nurhadi.

At the meeting, Bambang suggested the drivers report the names
of unscrupulous officers to him, while the police officer
promised to return order to the streets. -- JP