'It's a cat and mouse game', says Jakarta traffic cop at the frontline of enforcing Idul Fitri travel ban

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JAKARTA: An empty bus approached the police checkpoint at the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road. When traffic police officers stepped forward to check ...

, as well as people who need to use the toll roads to get to industrial complexes outside Jakarta.

There, the five-lane toll road was divided into three lanes: one for vehicles exiting the toll gate, one for private cars looking to stay on the toll road and another for trucks and buses. For one, the officers have to brace searing heat, toxic fumes and dust coming from an elevated railway construction site nearby.

Sutimin said it takes vigilance to spot those who do not have legitimate excuses to use the toll road. “We had intercepted trucks which were carrying people instead of goods, along with their motorcycles and belongings,” Yuwono told a press conference on May 7. “In one case, we even found people hiding inside a concrete mixer truck.”The government believes that banning mudik will prevent COVID-19 from spreading from cities like Jakarta to small towns and villages, which are less equipped and may not have adequate healthcare systems to deal with the pandemic.

Sutimin said there was also those who got so frustrated of not being allowed to pass through the toll that they would vent their anger at the officers.

 

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