Jakarta Governor, Basuki T. Purnama (Ahok), has no plan to free the cemetery retribution. It is aimed to ease the family's data collection. If the cemetery is not paid within three years, then it can be given to other families. This way is taken since Jakarta needs more cemetery land.

We have no plan to change the regulation. It will ease us collecting the data

All about cemetery is managed in Bylaw No. 3/2007 about Cemetery, while the retribution is in Bylaw No. 1/2006 about Regional Retribution. Based on the regulation, the retribution is Rp 100 thousand for the most expensive, second is Rp 60 thousand, and Rp 30 thousand.

"We have no plan to change the regulation. It will ease us collecting the data," he said, Monday (10/5).

If the retribution for cemetery is eliminated, there will be a claim because the cemetery is used by others.

The governor added that there is also no plan changing the public cemetery into lux-cemetery type.

In order to solve the land shortage, one cemetery will be used to bury a couple (husband-wife), or someone who has relationship with the buried ones.