Clenched Fists and Broken side Mirrors

Competition among fleets of taxis at Surabaya's Juanda Airport is heating up after the monopoly was banned. Nevertheless, passengers still have no freedom of choice.

December 17, 2013

Wastomi Suhari, Head of the Surabaya Land Transportation Organization (Organda), revealed a written request for a visum et repertum addressed to the Community Health Center (Puskesmas) in Sedati, Sidoarjo. Dated July 13, 2013, and signed by the subdistrict police chief, the visum is needed as evidence in a complaint lodged by Semedi, a 43-year-old Orenz Taxi field supervisor in Surabaya.

In his police report, Semedi claimed he had been beaten up

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