Viral Claims of Illegal Levies on Online Motorcycle Taxis at Juanda Station Debunked by Police

Social media was briefly stirred by reports that online motorcycle taxi drivers had become victims of illegal levies at Juanda Station in Central Jakarta. Police have confirmed that the reports are untrue, or a hoax.

“(The report of online taxi drivers being subjected to illegal levies) is a hoax,” said the Head of Public Relations of the Central Jakarta Metropolitan Police, First Inspector Erlyn Sumantri, on Thursday (6/8/2026).

Erlyn also sent a clarification video from online taxi drivers at Juanda Station. The clarification from the online taxi drivers was delivered by Juanda Ground Staff member Reza.

He corrected the reports of illegal levies against online taxi drivers that had circulated on social media. In the video that went viral, a man in casual clothing, described as a conventional motorcycle taxi driver, was seen approaching online taxi drivers who were queuing on their motorcycles.

Reza stressed that the conventional taxi driver was not asking for money, but was distributing queue numbers to the online taxi drivers. The queue system was created to make conditions at the location more orderly.

“There was a misunderstanding. We have actually been collaborating with the conventional taxi drivers. The video claimed that the conventional taxi driver was asking for money from our drivers. That is not the case,” Reza said in the video received by detikcom.

He said the conventional taxi drivers at Juanda Station work together with the online taxi drivers. He said queue numbers are given so that there is no scramble for passengers.

“So here at Juanda, they have to use queue numbers so that things run smoothly and there is no scrambling,” he said.

“So there is no element of asking for money from drivers. That is absolutely not the case, and I am responsible here. I ask the person who made the video to show good faith,” Reza added.