Jakarta – Hundreds of minivan drivers staged a rally in front of the City Council building on Wednesday, demanding privately owned vehicles stop picking up passengers in West Jakarta. They also demanded councilors increase supervision of the transportation agency and the city police, which they claimed allowed private vehicles to operate as public transportation.

"Investigate and punish the officers that have protected and received illegal fees from these illegal public transportation vehicles," said the head of the National Federation of Transportation Workers, Saiful Millah, as quoted by Detik.com.

He said if the councilors failed to act within the next two weeks, the federation would order all public minivans in West Jakarta to stop operating.

Official public transportation vehicles use yellow license plates, while private four-wheel vehicles bear black plates and are not allowed to operate as public transportation vehicles.