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Police hunt down 'angkot' driver after hit and run
The Tangerang Police are hunting for a public minivan driver responsible for a suspected hit-and-run on an app-based motorcycle taxi driver on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, Tangerang.
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Police officers try to protect a passing ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver being intimidated by protesting angkot (public minivan) drivers on Jl. TMP Taruna in Tangerang, Banten, on March 8. (Antara/Lucky R)
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he Tangerang Police are hunting for a public minivan driver responsible for a suspected hit-and-run on an app-based ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, Tangerang.
Tangerang Police chief Sr. Comr. Harry Kurniawan said Thursday that his officers in the criminal unit were working to solve the case as soon as possible, adding that the unit was also investigating a violent clash incident between ojek and angkot (public minivan) drivers.
The police are treating the hit-and-run incident that took place on Wednesday as related to the rally staged by angkot drivers protesting the app-based motorcycle taxi service, which ended in a violent clash.
“We are still questioning witnesses and gathering information about the damaged caused by the incident,” Harry said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
On Wednesday, thousands of angkot drivers staged a rally demanding the administration ban ojek apps. On the same occasion, several protesters intimidated a passing ojek app driver who had a customer. They stopped the driver and forced the customer to get off the motorcycle before they stole the driver’s helmet and damaged it.
As a response, ojek drivers reportedly took revenge by damaging an angkot. After mediation held by police, the two sides agreed to end the clash and maintain security in the Tangerang area. (idb)
