Vehicle license fee

Vehicle license fee

From Kompas

I duly extended my vehicle license at Polda Metro Jaya and met all the required terms. However, coincidentally, my plate number has only one digit. The tax to be paid reached hundreds of thousands of rupiah as printed on the license, plus a donation of Rp 15,000 for the Red Cross.

However, I was aghast when a police lieutenant informed me that owners of license plates with only one digit, had to pay an extra fee of Rp 5,000,000 beside the official license fee. The official said that the instruction came from his superiors. And if I objected to this, my vehicle number would be withdrawn.

As a law abiding citizen, I was wondering to which department this sum had to go and for what purpose. Thousands of vehicle owners have to extend their licenses in the Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang and Depok areas overseen by the Traffic Directorate of Polda Metro Jaya.

HANDI

Jakarta