Group visits rights body over land row<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): At least 25 people claiming to be the heirs of
\nPangeran Arya Jipang, the former owner of the land where Hotel
\nIbis in Slipi, West Jakarta, is located, visited the National
\nCommission on Human Rights on Monday to seek support for their
\nland dispute.<\/p>\n
The group, representing 77 heirs of Arya Jipang, arrived at
\nthe commission's office on a bus and unfurled posters stating
\nthat PT Putra Swadaya Prasetya, a private company which owns the
\nhotel, should be brought to court.<\/p>\n
\"We want the West Jakarta District Court to hear the case
\nbecause the company illegally occupied our land,\" the group's
\nspokeswoman, Khotija, said.<\/p>\n
Khotija said the court had decided to throw out the case on
\nJune 16, arguing it had no jurisdiction in the dispute since the
\ndefendant, a subsidiary of publicly listed developer PT Putra
\nSurya Perkasa, was located on Jl. Jend. Sudirman in South
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The group, however, has insisted that the West Jakarta court
\nshould handle the case since the disputed area is located in West
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
They have brought their argument to the Jakarta High Court
\nthrough an appeal, she said, adding that the high court had yet
\nto make a ruling on the case.\"<\/p>\n
In their lawsuit brought to court in May, the group charged
\nthat the company illegally appropriated the 5,199-square-meter
\nplot on Jl. S. Parman.<\/p>\n
They also demanded the district court to order the company to
\nvacate the land and provide Rp 500 million (US$45,454) in
\ncompensation for material losses.<\/p>\n
The group's lawyer, Gelora Tarigan, said earlier that the land
\nlegally belonged to Arya Jipang, as recorded at the West Jakarta
\noffice of the National Land Agency and the state-owned Heredity
\nProperty Management Body.<\/p>\n
PT Putra Surya Perkasa public relations head Robert P.S. said
\nhis company had studied all the land's legal aspects before
\ninvesting a huge amount of money to build the hotel in 1991.<\/p>\n
\"The people are just making a claim. They are not the owners,\"
\nRobert told The Jakarta Post on Monday.<\/p>\n
He said his company was ready to take all necessary legal
\nprocedures, but refused to provide further comments.<\/p>\n
Human rights commission member Clementino dos Reis Amaral
\nurged the group on Monday to obtain their land title from the
\nland agency in order to back up their claim.<\/p>\n
Tarigan said the plaintiffs were the legal heirs of Arya
\nJipang as determined by the South Jakarta Islamic Religious Court
\non June 15, 1981. (jun)<\/p>",
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