Illegal Levies at Samarinda Port
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
The police have exposed the practice of hundreds of billions of rupiah extortion at the Samarinda Port. Samarinda’s mayor and regional representative council members have been implicated.
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The Palaran Container Terminal in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, has been quiet for a week. Only seven workers were seen last week, when normally 3050 porters would be seen pacing each vessel.
The change came after the police broke up an extortion ring at the port three weeks ago. They nabbed a member of Komura, the local porter service cooperative, as he took a 'deposit' of Rp5 million from a ship owner. "That's extortion disguised as labor fees," sai
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