Complaints about visitors to Yogyakarta\u2019s Malioboro area encountering\nunlicensed parking attendants (jukir) have resurfaced on social media.\nOn this occasion, illegal parking attendants charged visitors double\nparking fees when staff shifts changed.<\/p>\n
The incident was reported through an Instagram post by @merapi_uncover<\/span>, in\nwhich a visitor complained about paying parking fees twice.<\/p>\n According to the social media account: \u201cThis evening tourists\ncomplain about \u2018extortion\u2019 during shift changes in Malioboro, with\ndamaged helmets but still asked to pay double. YOGYAKARTA\u2014Yogyakarta\u2019s\nimage as a friendly tourism city has again been tarnished by rogue\nparking attendants. A social media user reported an unpleasant\nexperience whilst parking their vehicle in the Malioboro area,\nspecifically at a motorcycle parking spot near Hamzah Batik.\u201d<\/p>\n Through an anonymous account, the visitor described feeling extorted\nusing a \u201cshift change\u201d scheme. Additionally, the parking attendant\u2019s\nresponse was deemed unpleasant when the visitor discovered their helmet\nhad fallen and broken.<\/p>\n The visitor\u2019s complaints included:<\/p>\n \u2022 Charged Twice: Upon arrival, the visitor had already paid a parking\nfee of Rp3,000. However, upon departure, they were asked for an\nadditional Rp2,000 by a different attendant citing a staff shift\nchange.<\/p>\n \u2022 Poor Facility Maintenance: Besides the double charge, the visitor\nfound their helmet had fallen and broken. This demonstrated a lack of\nsupervision and responsibility from the parking attendants.<\/p>\n \u2022 Attendant\u2019s Response: Rather than apologising for the damage to the\nvisitor\u2019s property, the rogue attendant insisted on collecting the\nadditional payment.<\/p>\n Imanudin Aziz, Head of the Parking Division at Yogyakarta City\u2019s\nTransportation Department (Dishub), stated that the matter had been\nfollowed up. He confirmed that the parking location was\nunauthorised.<\/p>\n \u201cLooking at the location, it is an unlicensed parking spot,\u201d Aziz\nsaid when contacted.<\/p>\n Aziz confirmed that the practice constitutes illegal parking. He\nstated that his department had communicated with the Yogyakarta Regional\nPolice\u2019s Criminal Investigation Unit as a follow-up to the findings.<\/p>\n \u201cThe location is south of Hamzah Batik where the clock tower is. It\nis indeed illegal parking, and we have already forwarded this to the\nCriminal Investigation Unit (Polresta Jogja) and it will be followed\nup,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n Illegal parking remains a persistent issue for Yogyakarta City\nGovernment. Prior to this case, there were also complaints about\nunauthorized \u201cnuthuk\u201d parking on Margo Utomo Street, Yogyakarta, located\nnear Malioboro, on 21 July 2025, where a motorcyclist was charged\nRp15,000, with Rp5,000 designated for village funds. Additionally, a\nToyota HiAce driver was charged Rp50,000 for unauthorized parking on 28\nJuly 2025 at the southern gate of the DIY Governor\u2019s Office, receiving\nonly a handwritten paper receipt. Following these complaints, police and\nYogyakarta City\u2019s Transportation Department conducted field\ninspections.<\/p>",
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