Unequal justice

Unequal justice

From Neraca

Sometime ago Metro Jaya Police detained scalpers of vehicle
licenses, like car licenses on Jl. Daan Mogot, West Java.
Later we learnt that the scalpers had been released after
promising not to make the same error.

The media has recently been dominated by stories of car
license scalpers being arrested. The odd thing is that the number
of scalpers have not decreased, and they can still be found
milling around the license office. It looks as if they were given
a free hand in their operations without the remote prospective of
getting caught. The latest offenders were released without being
penalized.

After observing this kind of news in the media and bearing
witness to such activities in the field, I have drawn the
conclusion that the problem of these scalpers is not being
handled seriously. If the problem was taken seriously, scalpers
who were caught would have been given stiffer penalties and would
have been discouraged against repeating such acts.

Aside from giving heavy penalties to car license scalpers, an
even heavier penalty should be given to cooperating officials
within the license office. Scalpers cannot do much without the
support of respective department officials. So far only the
activities of scalpers has been targeted while officials involved
in the racket went free. Both scalpers and license officials
should have been punished by the police!

HENDARMIN YUSUF

Jakarta