Revealed, Billions Of Rupiah From Parking In Bogor Managed By Thugs

Bogor Police Chief Grand Commissioner Adjutant Harun during a press conference on the murder case at the Police Headquarters, Cibinong, Bogor Regency, West Java. (M Fikri Setiawan/Antara)

JAKARTA - Bogor Resort Police, West Java Regional Police revealed the fact that the parking sector in several areas of Bogor Regency, West Java which generates billions of rupiah is managed by thugs.

Bogor Police Chief Grand Commissioner Adjutant Harun said on Sunday that the impact of the illegal parking management, one of which even led to the murder of the boss of the thugs managing the illegal parking, whose case was successfully solved in less than two weeks.

"The suspect AH is hurt because victim P alias G who is his own uncle took over the parking deposit around Metland Cileungsi. Then AH planned to kill the victim a year ago," said the former investigator at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as reported by Antara, Sunday, October 31.

From one illegal parking area in Metland Cileungsi, Bogor, there are 18 illegal parking thugs who each deposit money worth Rp205,000 a day to AH, the boss of illegal parking.

If calculated, AH earns Rp3.7 million in a day or Rp1.3 billion in a year from illegal parking in the Metland Cileungsi area, Bogor.

This is the background of the premeditated murder case against P, who is AH's uncle, after P took over 30 percent of the deposit from the parking lot in Metland Cileungsi, Bogor.

Responding to this, the Secretary of the Bogor Regency Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) Iman Wahyu Budiana did not deny the news that there were still many illegal parking areas in the Bogor Regency area which was the cause of the potential leakage of regional income.

However, he admitted that he could not take action as long as he did not receive a report from the local Transportation Service (Dishub).

"Look, if the parking area is under the authority of DLLAJ (Dishub), as long as DLLAJ does not report to us, we cannot (take action)," said Iman when confirmed.

He confirmed that allowing the proliferation of illegal parking is the same as letting the Bogor Regency Government (Pemkab) lose potential revenue from the parking sector.

"It means that DLLAJ does not look at the potential, even though it is a potential, supervision, and control should be carried out in that area," he also said.