TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Uber spokesperson for Southeast Asia and India Karun Arya expressed his disappointment over the formation of the traffic order task force team.

“We have tried to talk to the Transportation Agency, but they didn’t want to listen,” Karun told Tempo in Jakarta on Saturday, September 12, 2015.

Karun added that Uber had tried to communicate with the Jakarta administration. Although the [Jakarta] Transportation Agency refused to respond Karun’s endeavors to settle the issue, Karun said that he appreciated Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama who was willing to communicate with Uber.

“We’re glad that Ahok is now willing to listen, but we deplore the Transportation Agency’s stance for refusing to communicate,” he said.

In response to a question related to taxation, Karun returned the question, “What tax?” he asked.

Karun explained that Uber had not taken any commission from its customers and acted merely as a facilitator of a smartphone transportation app.

“We don’t take any commission. We’re just facilitators,” he said.

Earlier, the Transportation Agency, along with the Public Order Agency and the Jakarta Police’s Traffic Directorate, inaugurated a task force to watch traffic violations and Uber operations on Saturday, September 12, 2015. Jakarta Transportation Agency head Andri Yansyah said that 30 Uber’s taxis had been caught in traffic operations.

MAWARDAH NUR HANIFIYANI