Workers extorted by taxi drivers

Workers extorted by taxi drivers

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Ten women workers who arrived at
the Selaparang airport in Matraman, East Lombok from Malaysia
were forced to pay exorbitant fares taxi drivers on their way
home on Thursday.

Lilik Madyono, president of PT Amestara Raya Corp., said on
Friday that the ten workers complained that they were forced to
pay Rp 75,000 each when they took three taxies to transport them
from the airport to East Lombok.

"Midway on the journey, the workers were also forced to buy
fruit and cigarettes for the taxi drivers", he said. The taxi
company has set a fare of Rp 75,000 per passenger regardless of
the number of passengers.

He said airport authorities and the local police should
investigate the extortion to prevent such an shameful incident
from occurring in the future. --Antara