Simalunguns Charging Officers

A member of Simalungun police has admitted that illegal levies on driving licences are lining the pockets of his superiors.

November 6, 2001

Allegations that police are engaged in corruption are not nonsense. A member of Simalungun district police, Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra, for example, has admitted that part of the proceeds from the processing of driving licenses has gone into the pockets of his superiors. Chief Brig. Zulkarnain, former chief of the driving license unit of Simalungun police was assigned in 1982 to run the bookkeeping of his unit, including the cashflow of the ...

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