Cemetery used for parking lot

Cemetery used for parking lot

JAKARTA: Overwhelming visitors to the Ragunan Zoo in South
Jakarta during the Idul Fitri holiday had left the management no
other choice but to make the visitors park their vehicles next to
the zoo at the Pisangan cemetery.

Ali, a parking attendant, said he should bribe security guards
to open up parking space at the cemetery.

Oskar, a security guard at the zoo parking lot, said that the
zoo had been crowded since the first day of the Idul Fitri
holiday, was quoted by Antara as saying.

He added that he could earn up to Rp 600,000 (US$66.67) a day
in parking fees at the cemetery.

Oskar said that 15 youths living near the zoo were employed as
parking attendants during the holiday. -- JP