Railway authority seize 1060 fake tickets

Railway authority seize 1060 fake tickets

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Official at PT KAI, that manages the
railway operation here, said on Thursday that the company had
arrested three suspects and confiscated 1060 fake tickets at a
railway station in Kutoarjo, about 100 kilometers east of the
city.

The fraud was firstly known by a ticket checking-staff when he
and security staffs on their duty checking the passengers'
tickets.

"The staffs knew it and later investigated the fake-ticket
network and finally seized more than 1000 fake tickets," said
Supriyadi, the company's spokesman.

He said those tickets were supposed to be sold for passengers
of the economic class for Sawunggalih-Kutoarjo destination.

Supriyadi said so far the staffs only found fake tickets of
the economic class, not the executive class.

He added his office had also improved alertness over the
increasing number of passengers that bring no ticket.

"We organize routine operation on Sunday night. We are
concerned over the increasing number of illegal passengers," he
added.

Supriyadi revealed that several of these illegal passengers
were security officers. "We find this condition as an obstacle.
We try to enforce the law, but they say they have no money," he
said.

Ten percent of those illegal passengers are security forces
from Army, Navy, Air Force, and Police.

"We suffer losses. Ten intruders of an executive class will
cause more than Rp1 million losses," he said. It is estimated
that of the 1000 passengers, 100 of them are intruders. (45/08)