“Pungli”, the illegal levies that corrupt public officials charge for, among others, the processing of licenses has become a national discussion following the raid conducted on the afternoon of October 11, 2016 at the Ministry of Transportation. The National Police’s Headquarters and the Jakarta Metropolitan Police jointly conducted the raid after receiving reports from the Minister of Transportation. Six individuals were apprehended, and three were later named as suspects. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo monitored the raid and subsequently instructed his subordinates to crackdown on pungli in every governmental institutions and establish a special task force to eradicate pungli. On October 13, 2016, the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Wiranto formed the task force and named it the Saber Pungli (Pungli Eradication) Task Force.
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