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Task force on illegal levies receives 2,000 reports in first week
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Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto (third left), along with (right to left) National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, Attorney General Prasetyo and National Police general supervision inspectorate chief Comr. Gen. Dwi Priyatno, provide information on a government task force set up to tackle illegal levies charged on public services, in Jakarta on Oct. 21. (Antara/Yudhi Mahatma)
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he government’s task force against illegal levies for public services has received more than 2,000 reports in just a week since commencing its work.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo introduced the Illegal Fee Eradication Task Force (Saber Pungli) on Oct. 21.
Saber Pungli’s member Ali Hasny said the task force had received 1,087 reports through Saber Pungli’s text message number, 936 reports by email, 88 reports via its hotline and 73 reports through its online reporting system as of noon on Friday.
He said the data would be submitted to its central unit set up under the Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Ministry on Friday to be sorted and evaluated in order to determine whether the reports were backed by sufficient evidence to be followed up by law enforcers.
“If the evidence suffices, the reports will be brought to the enforcement unit. Otherwise, they will be submitted to the intelligence unit that will take further measures to probe the alleged illegal levies,” Ali told the journalists.
The Saber Pungli smartphone app allowed members of the public to monitor progress on complaints they filed, including whether the authorities were taking steps to follow up on their reports or not, Ali said.
“People get a registration number when they file complaints; that way it is easier to track the reports,” he added.
Aside from the smartphone app, people can report alleged illegal levies demanded at government institutions through the task force’s call center at 193, via text message to 1193 or through the website saberpungli.id. (bbn)
