License to Drive on Corruption Road
Illegal levies by traffic police and corruption in processing driving licenses are incredibly rampant. At the Greater Jakarta Police headquarters, illegal levies reach approximately Rp225 million a day. or Rp6.7 billion a month. The state only receives Rp12 million a day or Rp360 million a month. Findings from an investigation by TEMPO and the Indonesia Corruption Watch institution show that the police pocket the money as well.
November 6, 2001
The traffic police are the most corrupt body in the entire Indonesia. This is not a fairy tale; its the result of a survey by the Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia. At the beginning of last October, the institution announced the result of their first national survey on corruption in Indonesia, sponsored by the World Bank. According to the survey, both the police on the streets and the directorates or traffic units in charge of proces...