Fauzi slams operators for breaching tariffs

JAKARTA: Governor Fauzi Bowo said he would revoke the business parking permits of private parking operators who had illegally raised tariffs.

"Three days ago, I ordered all mayors to inspect their areas to see which operators had breached the tariff rules," he told reporters on Friday.

The governor said further that the highest punishment for violators would be a permit termination.

A 2006 bylaw stipulates that a parking tariff inside buildings or parking lots for cars and minibuses is Rp 2,000 (US21 cents) for the first hour and Rp 1,000 for each following hour.

Tariffs for buses is Rp 2,000 for the first hour and Rp 2,000 for each following hour, while motorcycles are charged Rp 500.

Violators of the bylaw will face a maximum of six months in prison or four times the value of levies they owed, according to the 2006 bylaw. - JP