Cipta Jaya seeking justice in 800-hectare land dispute<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The PT Cipta Jaya Raya plantation company
\nasserted over the weekend that the 800 hectares of land in
\nLabuhan Batu, North Sumatra, whose ownership is being disputed by
\nPT Indo Sepadan Jaya, is part of its 1,300-ha estate concession.<\/p>\n
\"The plot of land which has been cultivated by Indo Sepadan is
\npart of my concession on the basis of the Right of Land
\nExploitation (land title) No. 2\/1994 that I obtained from the
\nLabuhan Batu office of the National Land Agency,\" said Surya,
\nCipta Jaya's director.<\/p>\n
Surya was commenting on House member Bachtiar Chamzah's
\nallegations made last Wednesday, as quoted by this newspaper,
\nthat the justification for granting Cipta Jaya the land title for
\nits 1,300-ha plantation concession in January 1994 was
\nquestionable.<\/p>\n
Surya produced copies of the certified detailed site plan,
\nwhich shows that his concession borders the 3,885-ha area
\ncurrently being cultivated by Indo Sepadan. The two concessions,
\nhe said, are clearly demarcated.<\/p>\n
He also rejected as groundless Bachtiar's allegations that
\nCipta Jaya had neglected its concession.<\/p>\n
\"I obtained my land title only on Jan. 24, 1994, on the basis
\nof Decree No.32 dated Dec. 4, 1993, from the minister of agrarian
\naffairs,\" Surya added.<\/p>\n
He said he learned that Indo Sepadan was illegally cultivating
\nthe 800-ha concession in early 1994, when he was making land
\ndevelopment preparations, which include the construction of a
\nsix-kilometer access road to the area.<\/p>\n
In fact, he added, the director of Indo Sepadan was found
\nguilty last month by the district court in Medan of illegally
\ncultivating Cipta Jaya's land.<\/p>\n
He said his company also has filed a civil law suit against
\nIndo Sepadan at the district court in Medan but that the case is
\nstill being processed.<\/p>\n
Surya recounted, with the support of related documents, that
\nhe began the long process of acquiring the concession in 1985
\nafter he obtained a letter of recommendation from the Labuhan
\nBatu regent.<\/p>\n
He said regulations on state land acquisition required him to
\nfollow 12 other steps at various government agencies, including
\nseveral site inspections by inter-departmental teams.<\/p>\n
All the procedural steps took nearly eight years to complete
\nuntil the minister of agrarian affairs in Jakarta finally issued
\na decree for his land title in December, 1993, he added.<\/p>\n
\"Obviously, I cannot start cultivating my concession before
\nall the required permits have been obtained,\" Surya said in
\ndenying the allegation that his company had neglected its
\nconcession.<\/p>\n
He then asked why the government had not seen to it that Indo
\nSepadan return to Cipta Jaya the 800-ha plot of land on which the
\nformer company unlawfully planted oil palm trees.(vin)<\/p>",
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