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We do not dare to produce fake license plates: Plate makers
Several plate makers have promised to not seek benefits from Jakarta’s odd-even policy, which commenced a month-long trial on Wednesday, by accepting orders from vehicle owners to produce fake license plates.
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Vehicles move at a snail's pace on Jl. MH.Thamrin in Jakarta on July 20. The Jakarta administration kicked off the odd-even policy trial along major thoroughfares on Wednesday (July 27). (Antara Foto/M Agung Rajasa)
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Several plate makers have promised to not seek benefits from Jakarta’s odd-even policy, which commenced a month-long trial on Wednesday, by accepting orders from vehicle owners to produce fake license plates.
“I am afraid the police will arrest me,” Saefullah, a plate maker, whose kiosk is located in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, told The Jakarta Post, recently.
He said he accepted orders from vehicle owners who needed temporary plates for their new vehicles, and other people who needed license plates for their vehicles based on their vehicles’ documents.
Similar remarks came from Muhammad Salim, a plate maker in Palmerah, West Jakarta, who admitted that in the past he accepted orders to make fake license plates, but he said he would never accept such an illegal order again.
Both Saefullah and Salim said they had not received any fake plate orders despite the start of the odd-even policy trial on Wednesday.
The odd-even policy is enforced by the Jakarta administration to replace the three-in-one traffic policy removed in March.
Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama removed the three-in-one policy, saying that it was inefficient and used by adults to exploit children.
The odd-even policy is implemented along Jl. Gatot Subroto, Jl. Sudirman, Jl. MH Thamrin and Jl. Gatot Subroto from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The city administration said it was only a temporary policy, while it prepared the electronic road pricing (ERP) system. (rez/bbn)
