Public order officers seize 84 pedicabs

JAKARTA: City Public Order officers seized 84 becak (pedicabs) during raids in Tanjung Priok, Koja and Cilincing, North Jakarta, at dawn on Thursday.

Head of the North Jakarta Public Order Office Toni Budiono said that the operations involved public figures, religious leaders and heads of the districts and subdistricts, beritajakarta.com reported.

The operations will continue until the city is free of pedicabs, Toni said.

He estimated that there are still 462 pedicabs operating in North Jakarta.

As of Aug. 13, the City Public Order Office had confiscated a total of 2,552 pedicabs in the mayoralty, he said.--JP