YLKI will sue KAI if cigarette ads at stations are not also revoked

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has threatened to take legal action if PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) does not remove cigarette ads at several stations.

Tulus Abadi, chairman of the daily YLKI Daily, said KAI had given two weeks to cut cigarette advertising.

"We have given KAI management two weeks to respond to our open notice: if there is no response from KAI in two weeks, it is quite possible that we will take legal action", said Tulus in Jakarta on Friday (11/16/2018).

Tulus added that before suing, she would write to the Ministry of Transport to give a strong warning to KAI. In addition, his party will also contact the KAI Board of Commissioners to ask him to evaluate the management of KAI.

"Before our opening to the public, we had a discussion with the Director of Management (KAI) and the Ministry of Transport." After management's response was not satisfactory, we addressed the Director General of Railways The Director General of Railways said: "We are ready to follow up. "It's only in Jogja, we're disappointed because the answer was given to Jogja, even if it was a complaint for Java," Tulus said.

Earlier, the Indonesian Consumers' Foundation (YLKI) had urged PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) to remove cigarette ads from several stations.

According to YLKI's records, the stations that have cigarette ads, namely Tugu and Yogyakarta Lempuyangan stations, Semut and Surabaya Gubeng stations, Solo Balapan Solo, Purwokerto and Semarang Tawang stations.

"This indicates a decline in the services offered by PT KAI to its consumers.Because with the increase in cigarette advertising at the station, PT KAI has sent a message and negative promotions to its customers", Friday, the president of the daily YLKI, Tulus Abadi in Jakarta (12/11/2018) said. .