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    "data": {
        "id": 1920987,
        "msgid": "grave-keeper-in-yogyakarta-damages-tombstone-to-force-heirs-to-meet-over-unpaid-cleaning-fees-1786762274",
        "date": "2026-08-15 09:06:02",
        "title": "Grave Keeper in Yogyakarta Damages Tombstone to Force Heirs to Meet Over Unpaid 'Cleaning Fees'",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_JOGJA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A grave keeper in Yogyakarta deliberately damaged the headstones of a late artist's father-in-law to compel the family to contact him. The keeper, offended by a perceived lack of payment for cleaning services during visits, broke the markers, leading the family to report the incident to the police. A mediated settlement was reached where the family paid Rp 500,000 and the grave was restored to its original condition.",
        "content": "<p>The headstones on the grave of Bernadetta Petra\u2019s father, located in\nthe Pekuncen public cemetery in Yogyakarta, were vandalised by the grave\nkeeper. The two marker stones were broken off, making the plot difficult\nfor the family to identify. Petra, the wife of the late Yogyakarta\nartist Djaduk Ferianto, discovered the damage on Tuesday (11\/8\/2026)\nwhile visiting the grave and struggling to find the site. \u201cMy father\ndied in 1971, so the grave has been there for a very long time. After so\nmany decades, why is it being damaged now?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to locate the grave keeper, Petra asked a cleaning worker she\noften saw during her visits for contact details, but the worker refused\nto provide them. She subsequently reported the matter to the Wirobrajan\nPolice. Officers managed to find the grave keeper\u2019s address and\naccompanied Petra to meet him. The dispute was then mediated by the\npolice. Wirobrajan Police Chief Kompol Arif Darmawan stated that the\nmediation was successful and a peaceful agreement was reached. \u201cThe\nheadstones have been returned and reinstalled. Everything has been\nrepaired and restored to its original state. The grave keeper only\nwanted to meet the heir, and now everything is fine,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Petra recounted that the grave keeper, identified by the initial S,\nadmitted he damaged the grave because he was offended at never receiving\ncleaning money during her visits. Petra explained that she often visited\nearly in the morning when the cemetery was empty and no one was around,\nbut she always left flowers as a sign of her visit. The keeper\nreportedly told her, \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t damaged the grave like this, you\nwouldn\u2019t have looked for me, would you?\u201d During the mediation, Petra\nagreed to pay Rp 500,000 to settle the perceived debt for cleaning fees,\nthough she considered the amount excessive. She calculated that even for\nten visits where she saw no one, a fair payment would have been around\nRp 30,000 per visit for three cleaners. Following the agreement, the\ngrave was fully repaired and now appears normal and clean.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/grave-keeper-in-yogyakarta-damages-tombstone-to-force-heirs-to-meet-over-unpaid-cleaning-fees-1786762274",
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