In anticipation of a possible increase in street crimes, such as robbery
and purse snatching, during the Idul Fitri exodus, police in Bantul,
Yogyakarta, have established a special team called “street crime hunters”.
The team comprises 25 personnel that were deployed along Yogyakarta’s
southern route last week.
“The team operates around the clock,” Bantul Police detective and crime unit
chief Adj. Comr. Danang Kuntadi said Monday.
The team would be focused on guarding the entrance and exit gates along the
southern route, with priority given to the Bantul regency access gate, he
said.
Priority is also given to a number of other spots considered vulnerable to
street crime, including along the routes of Piyungan, Srandakan, Banguntapan,
Sewon, Kasihan and Sedayu, Danang said.
“We provide extra-tight security in those areas,” he added.
Separately, three CCTV units have been installed at several strategic
positions, such as the waiting room, bus entrance gate and the terminal
entrance gate at the Yogyakarta Passenger Terminal (TPY).
“CCTV will make it easier for us to monitor conditions and anticipate
possible crimes,” TPY’s technical management unit chief Imanuddin Azis said.
TPY also requires bus drivers to take health tests to make sure they were in
prime health so that accidents caused by human error can be avoided,
Imanuddin said.
Heightened security measures are also implemented for rail transportation,
where the police mobile brigade plans to deploy six officers (rather then
the normal four) to escort each train.
In Bandarlampung, the sale of used cars ahead of Idul Fitri has increased
significantly as more people prefer to travel in their own vehicles to
celebrate the end of the Ramadan fasting month.
Cars are presently selling at a rate of seven or eight each day, a
significant increase compared to the normal average of between two and three
cars a day, used car dealer Ayong said at his lot on Jl. Pangeran Antasari.
“The sales increase has persisted since the beginning of Ramadan,” Ayong
said, adding that most buyers are looking for family wagons, vans or other
vehicles capable of carrying more passengers.
It is difficult to meet the demand for family wagons and minibuses, used car
salesman Effendi said at a dealership on Jl. Sultan Agung.
“Most customers don’t want to buy used cars originally used in Jakarta, but
so far our major suppliers are from Jakarta,” he said.
Ayong experienced the same thing, saying that people worried that used cars
from Jakarta had been damaged by flooding.
Buying a used car is more economical than renting a vehicle each year for
the annual exodus, buyer Nuraini said.
“Usually my family is on vacation for the annual exodus for over a week. I
need at least Rp 6 million to rent a car,” Nuraini said, adding that she
wanted to buy a used Kijang but found it difficult to find one ahead of Idul
Fitri, and once she found one the price was relatively high.
Car rental businesses are also booming. Civil servant Indra Nurcahya said he
rented his Suzuki APV van for Rp 400,000 a day. “The customer rents it for
10 days and I get Rp 4 million — quite a nice bonus for celebrating Idul
Fitri,” Indra said.
— Oyos Saroso contributed to the story form Bandarlampung.
In anticipation of a possible increase in street crimes, such as robbery
and purse snatching, during the Idul Fitri exodus, police in Bantul,
Yogyakarta, have established a special team called “street crime hunters”.
The team comprises 25 personnel that were deployed along Yogyakarta’s
southern route last week.
“The team operates around the clock,” Bantul Police detective and crime unit
chief Adj. Comr. Danang Kuntadi said Monday.
The team would be focused on guarding the entrance and exit gates along the
southern route, with priority given to the Bantul regency access gate, he
said.
Priority is also given to a number of other spots considered vulnerable to
street crime, including along the routes of Piyungan, Srandakan, Banguntapan,
Sewon, Kasihan and Sedayu, Danang said.
“We provide extra-tight security in those areas,” he added.
Separately, three CCTV units have been installed at several strategic
positions, such as the waiting room, bus entrance gate and the terminal
entrance gate at the Yogyakarta Passenger Terminal (TPY).
“CCTV will make it easier for us to monitor conditions and anticipate
possible crimes,” TPY’s technical management unit chief Imanuddin Azis said.
TPY also requires bus drivers to take health tests to make sure they were in
prime health so that accidents caused by human error can be avoided,
Imanuddin said.
Heightened security measures are also implemented for rail transportation,
where the police mobile brigade plans to deploy six officers (rather then
the normal four) to escort each train.
In Bandarlampung, the sale of used cars ahead of Idul Fitri has increased
significantly as more people prefer to travel in their own vehicles to
celebrate the end of the Ramadan fasting month.
Cars are presently selling at a rate of seven or eight each day, a
significant increase compared to the normal average of between two and three
cars a day, used car dealer Ayong said at his lot on Jl. Pangeran Antasari.
“The sales increase has persisted since the beginning of Ramadan,” Ayong
said, adding that most buyers are looking for family wagons, vans or other
vehicles capable of carrying more passengers.
It is difficult to meet the demand for family wagons and minibuses, used car
salesman Effendi said at a dealership on Jl. Sultan Agung.
“Most customers don’t want to buy used cars originally used in Jakarta, but
so far our major suppliers are from Jakarta,” he said.
Ayong experienced the same thing, saying that people worried that used cars
from Jakarta had been damaged by flooding.
Buying a used car is more economical than renting a vehicle each year for
the annual exodus, buyer Nuraini said.
“Usually my family is on vacation for the annual exodus for over a week. I
need at least Rp 6 million to rent a car,” Nuraini said, adding that she
wanted to buy a used Kijang but found it difficult to find one ahead of Idul
Fitri, and once she found one the price was relatively high.
Car rental businesses are also booming. Civil servant Indra Nurcahya said he
rented his Suzuki APV van for Rp 400,000 a day. “The customer rents it for
10 days and I get Rp 4 million — quite a nice bonus for celebrating Idul
Fitri,” Indra said.
— Oyos Saroso contributed to the story form Bandarlampung.