Due to lack of lighting facility, some parks at Cengkareng Timur Urban Village are now changing functions. Indeed, those parks are now used by teenagers as place for dating at night until early morning. Those parks are located on Jalan Puspa RT 11/04 and Jalan Akasia Raya RT 15/12.

We often saw teenage couples dating here. In fact, their behavior is already to negative actions and also drinking

“We often saw teenage couples dating here. In fact, their behavior is already to negative actions and also drinking,” disclosed Erwin (37), a local, Tuesday (10/28).

According to him, the residents are very disturbed with the actions of those teenagers in both parks.

“Many teenagers hang around in those two parks. We had expelled them, but they got angry and drew our houses’ walls with dirty words,” told Erwin.

Responding on this matter, Head of West Jakarta Parks Sub-Department, Sulis, admitted that his side often received reports about those parks being abused their functions and used for nasty actions.

“Our responsibilities are just to manage the park and nurture the plants. For the park misapplication, the ones that should be proactive are the urban village party and (local) security,” he stated.