Vasindo to take police to court

Vasindo to take police to court

JAKARTA: Vasindo Group, a prepaid telephone calling card operator
and internet service provider, intends to haul the police before
the State Administrative Court, saying that a recent police raid
on the company involved substantial financial and moral issues.

"This week we'll serve a legal notice on the police. If they
do not respond to our notice satisfactorily then we'll take them
to the administrative court," Tommy Sihotang, the company's
lawyer, told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.

He said that Vasindo could no longer carry on business as the
Police were blocking its access code. Consumers who had bought
the company's prepaid cards were unable to use them due to the
police action.

According to him, the police's move against operators such as
Vasindo had created the impression among the public that they
were illegal, although they had already secured licenses from
state-owned telecommunications company, PT Telkom, and the
Ministry of Transportation.

The police recently raided prepaid telephone calling card
operators and internet service providers, including the Vasindo
Group, accusing them of misusing their licenses.

Tommy said that the police raids showed that Telkom and the
ministry were discriminating against them and creating legal
uncertainty. --JP