REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Jakarta Vice Governor Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno stated that his office will coordinate with the police regarding the mobilization of pedicabs from other region to Jakarta by certain people believed to belong to politically motivated groups. On the other hand, he did not want to create prejudice against individuals with bad intention in the Jakarta Provincial Government by trying to allow the entry of the pedicabs mobilized into the Jakarta city.

"We do not want to have the prejudice, though it was reported to me that it (the pedicabs) came with a truck. A far as I know, Indramayu trishaw drivers, if they want to come here, would pedal their own pedicabs," Uno stated in Kepulauan Seribu Islands on Monday.

In addition, the mobilization of the pedicabs was done using a covered truck. "We do need to speculate too much but wait. The police have also been in coordination with us, and they will help dispel (any attempt to mobilize pedicabs into Jakarta)," Uno noted.

It was previously reported that a container with pedicabs was delivered on a truck. The Jakarta Transportation Service drove away the truck. Allegedly, the container, containing rickshaws which were expelled from Bandengan, Tambora in West Jakarta, had come from outside Jakarta.

"The action of repatriation was firmly taken, and we conveyed a message, with regard to the mobilization of the pedicabs, that Jakarta (government) will not stay silent. It will not be negligent on the mobilization activities in our region," Uno explained.

The operation of pedicabs in Jakarta has been banned since long, but the Jakarta government, under Governor Anies Baswedan, has decided to allow pedicabs to operate again in certain areas, an action which is criticized by certain quarters.

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