36 Transjakarta Buses Missing, DKI Transportation Agency Confirms Already Reported Police

Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo. (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta DPRD questioned the disappearance of 36 old Transjakarta buses that were grounded at the Pulogebang Terminal, East Jakarta.

The loss of 36 Transjakarta buses is considered by the DPRD to be a problem because the DKI Provincial Government plans to remove old Tranjakarta bus assets and sell them in an auction system.

Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, confirmed that his party had handled reports of bus loss and some of its spare parts for alleged theft to the police.

"There was an incident where several of the buses were milled around. We followed up with the police report, then the minutes were made," said Syafrin at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, May 21.

What is clear, Syafrin emphasized that the dozens of missing buses were included in the recording of documents for the need for the removal and auction of 417 buses at the Regional Asset Listing Agency (BPAD).

"At the time of the incident we had reported it to the police and it was part that was attached during the removal process," explained Syafrin.

Previously, Member of Commission C of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Eneng Malianasari, emphasized that the disappearance of 36 Transjakarta buses at the Pulogebang Terminal tarnished the good name of the DKI Provincial Government.

Terminal ini merupakan salah satu terminal yang paling bagus. Tapi unfortunately terminal ini tidak aman. Jadi saya masih belum bisa membayangkan bagaimana 36 bus single transjakarta itu bisa hilang dari terminal ini, ungkap Eneng, beberapa waktu lalu.

What surprised Eneng was that the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency had never reported to Commission C about the disappearance of the bus. Therefore, Eneng asked the Transportation Agency to immediately clarify and be responsible for the problems that have occurred since three years ago.

"The status of the disappearance in 2021. As far as I know in Commission C there has never been a report that 36 units of this bus are missing. Who is responsible for the incident? Is it lost or omitted?" he said.