Background of Food Truck Parking Fee Controversy at Alun-alun Kidul: Rp 1 Million Charged Per Day

Manager denies electricity fee collection

Supriyo also explained the complaint about additional electricity costs.

He denied that the parking management collected electricity fees.

According to him, the managers only asked the food truck party about the usual electricity costs incurred.

"We asked what the usual electricity cost was, and they replied about Rp 50,000 per day," he said.

Supriyo said there was an initial agreement worth Rp 6 million.

However, since the food truck activities were discontinued, the owner requested a partial refund.

"The initial agreement was Rp 6 million. Because the event was not continued, the owner asked for half to be returned, and part has already been refunded," he said.

Dishub Yogyakarta states the fee is unofficial

The Yogyakarta City Transportation Agency also provided clarification regarding the parking status at Alun-alun Kidul.

Aminudin Aziz, Head of Parking Section at Dishub, said the agency had never issued parking permits for the area.

He referred to Yogyakarta City Regional Regulation No. 2 of 2019 regarding parking.

"If we talk about Regional Regulation No. 2 of 2019 and its technical rules, we do not have parking attendants there who we have issued permits to," he said when contacted on Friday (September 18, 2026).

Dishub Yogyakarta only regulates parking signs in the area.

Since no parking permits were issued, Aminudin stressed that the parking fees complained about by the food truck managers are unofficial levies.

"When there were complaints from the food truck operators about illegal levies or parking, indeed those are illegal charges. There are no official fees," he explained.

Thus, the Rp 1 million daily fee controversy originated from the use of approximately 25 square meters of space for food truck activities in Alun-alun Kidul.

The parking management said the fee was agreed upon for the area usage, while the Yogyakarta Palace confirmed the payment was not related to any permits issued by the Keraton.

Dishub Yogyakarta also emphasized that there are no authorized parking attendants licensed in the Alun-alun Kidul area.

Parts of this article have been published on KOMPAS.com under the titles "Viral Alleged Food Truck Parking Fee Rp 1 Million at Alun-alun Kidul, Keraton Jogja Speaks Out" and "Parking Management Responds to Viral Alleged Illegal Levy of Food Truck at Alun-alun Kidul Jogja".