The Jakarta Globe, Nurfika Osman
The Jakarta Police have shut down a gasoline station in South Jakarta and detained one suspect for allegedly tampering with the pumps to supply short measures of fuel to customers, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.
The police closed the station, located near Tanah Kusir Cemetery, on Monday afternoon after they received complaints from customers that the volume of gasoline pumped into their tanks did not match the figures displayed on the fuel pumps.
Rudi Setiawan, head of the Jakarta Police’s environmental resources unit, said that a suspect, a manager identified as IS, had been detained after being questioned at Jakarta Police Headquarters on Monday night.
“He may be charged with violating the consumer protection law, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison or a Rp 2 billion [$184,000] fine,” Rudi said.
Police had questioned five people, four on Monday and one on Tuesday, he said. One of them was the owner of the gas station. The rest were operators and administrative staff.
“So far, the owner claims that he knew nothing about the scam, but we will keep a close eye on him,” Rudi said.
Electronic devices had been attached to the gas station’s fuel dispensers that reduced the volume of gas pumped into customers’ tanks, he said.
“The devices can reduce the flow by one and a half liters per 20 liters of fuel,” Rudi said.
The devices in question had been seized.
He said that the police would continue to investigate the case as there was a possibility that new suspects would be named.
A week ago, the Jakarta Police closed down a gas station located on Jalan Diponegoro, opposite Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Central Jakarta, and detained one suspect after finding similar devices in use there.
“As of today, we have detained four suspects in connection with the Central Jakarta case,” Rudi said, following an investigation lasting several days.
The four suspects are the owners, JS and SF, an operational manager, AR, and a supervisor, EF.
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