Three arrested over car registration fraud
Three arrested over car registration fraud
JAKARTA (JP): City Police arrested three people believed to be
involved in falsifying car registration data, which caused losses
amounting to hundreds of millions of rupiah, a police officer
said on Saturday.
Col. Soeroso, head of traffic directorate, disclosed that the
suspects, identified as Zs, Hn, and Fr, acknowledged that they
had committed the crime over the last four months. The police
also revoked the documents of 30 luxurious cars because they were
registered with falsified data.
Soeroso explained that the three suspects put false data into
the police computer through Fr, the computer maintenance worker
at Jakarta Municipality's Center Office for Electronic Data.
The two other suspects were in charge of looking for orders
from car owners, who wanted to register their cars. Their clients
were car owners who wanted to avoid the costs of processing the
transfer of ownership.
People who buy second hand cars are obliged to pay the costs
of ownership transfer, in addition to the annual taxes.
Some car owners try to avoid the payment of ownership transfer
by borrowing the identification cards of the previous owners for
the extension of the car documents. And the new way of avoiding
the obligation is by getting syndicates, like the one run by Fr,
Hn, and Zs, to falsify the data in the police computer.
"Because Fr knows computer technology and always controls the
city police's computer, he can enter data into the computer
network," Suroso said.
He said that the police are still investigating car
registrations which were processed using fake data, or not
processed through proper procedures.
A report recently disclosed that tens of registration
documents, with improper information, are reportedly issued
everyday by city police. The improper documents were mostly
processed through service bureaus by giving additional payment,
Jayakarta daily reported.
Traffic control
Suroso also announced that city police have expanded traffic
control zones to enforce traffic order.
The control zones which previously covered only major
thoroughfares on Jl.Sudirman and Jl. Thamrin are expanded to
include Blok M and Harmoni, he said.
In Central Jakarta, the new zone covers Jl. Taman Suropati,
Jl. Teuku Umar, Jl. Cut Meutia, Jl. Menteng Raya, Jl. M. Ridwan
Rais, Jl.Merdeka Timur and Jl.Merdeka Barat.
In North Jakarta, the new zone include Jl. Yos Sudarso, Jl.
Cempaka Putih, Jl. Enggano, and Jl. Tanjung Priok, while in West
Jakarta the new zone covers the Slipi area, Jl. S. Parman,
Grogol, and Jembatan Tiga.
In East Jakarta, the enforcement covers Jl. Matraman, Jl.
Pramuka, Jl. Pemuda, and Jl. Dewi Sartika.
In the control zones police will take stern action against
motorists violating traffic regulations.
The traffic order zones in Tangerang include Tanah Tinggi,
Kelapa Kuning, Gendeng, Sukasari and Sukarasa areas.
In Depok the zones cover Jl. Margonda Raya, Simpang Gang
Salak, Jl. Arief Rahman Hakim and Jl. Dewi Sartika, while in
Bekasi, the control zone covers Jl. Achmad Yani and Jl. H.
Juanda. (29)