Residents warned of bogus officials

Residents warned of bogus officials

JAKARTA: Residents constructing their houses are warned not to
fall victim to bogus public order officials who may extort money
from people who can't produce construction permits.

The latest case happened in Bojong Rawa Buaya area of
Cengkareng district, West Jakarta, involving a bogus public order
official calling himself Bagio, who tried to extort money from a
resident who failed to show his building construction permit.

"We don't have any public order official with the name Bagio
here," said head of the public order section at Cengkareng
District office, Suhaimi Gaos told city-owned
www.beritajakarta.com online news provider, on Thursday.

"This is not the first report as we have received similar
reports in the past. The public should be more careful when
dealing with people claiming to be public order officials," he
added.

Suhaimi also urged the residents not to give any public order
officials money. --JP