Jalan Rasuna Said shuts down for the demonstration on Tuesday. (Antara Photo/Rosa Panggabean)

Jakarta. Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama threatens to revoke the business licenses of taxi companies which fail to penalize their drivers who resorted to violence and vandalism during Tuesday's demonstration.

“All taxi companies which do not penalize their drivers [who participate] in demonstration and conduct acts of violence will have their business permits revoked,” the governor told his 4.5 million followers on his official Twitter account @basuki_btp on Tuesday. The post has been retweeted more than 3,000 times.

Seluruh perusahaan taksi yang tidak menindak oknum2 demo yang melakukan pengrusakan, ijin usahanya akan saya cabut. — Ahok Basuki TPurnama (@basuki_btp) March 22, 2016

Residents of Jakarta have been posting on social media, videos and pictures of taxi drivers forcing their colleagues to join a massive rally against app-based transportation services, particularly Uber and Grab.

Twitter and Facebook have been flooded with pictures of rallying drivers could be seen stopping other taxis who are still operating and ask passengers and drivers to get out of their vehicles.

Demonstrating drivers even encroached the inner city toll road in search of operating taxi drivers, sometimes resorting to violence and intimidation to those who refused.

Users also reported seeing taxi drivers stopping buses and ask passengers to get off, telling drivers to head back.

Several users reported seeing taxi drivers attacking drivers and passengers of the popular app-based motorcycle taxi hailing service GoJek.

Gojek and rival GrabBike immediately told their drivers to remove their attributes which include their distinctive green jackets and helmets bearing their companies' logos.

Taxi company Blue Bird said the demonstration was not authorized by the company and urged people to report incidents of passengers being told to get off and acts of violence committed by its drivers.

Another popular taxi company Express Taxi also made similar remarks saying the drivers acted on their own during Tuesday's rally.