Humpuss gets back building<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The diversified Humpuss Group of companies is
\nready to reoccupy its sealed off twin-tower property after it
\nsecured a legal guarantee from the Jakarta State Administrative
\nHigh Court (PTTUN), which was upholding a verdict from the lower
\nadministrative court.<\/p>\n
\"The verdict, which decided the Central Jakarta Mayoralty's
\norder to seal off the property was unlawful, was issued on Jan.
\n19. We, as well as the mayoralty, received the ruling on March
\n15. But the mayoralty didn't file an appeal to the Supreme Court
\nwithin 14 days as is required by law,\" Humpuss Group president
\nAbdul Wahab told reporters at his office on Friday.<\/p>\n
\"Therefore, we now have the legal right to reoccupy our
\nproperty,\" he said, while citing that he received the guarantee
\nof the ownership of the towers from the PTTUN on Thursday
\nafternoon.<\/p>\n
The locks on the doors were opened by officials from the
\nmayoralty and witnessed by Humpuss' executives on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
The mayoralty ordered the building to be sealed off on March
\n25 last year, accusing the group of violating a presidential
\ndecree which regulates that buildings in the National Monument
\n(Monas) area in Central Jakarta must be used for government
\nagencies only.<\/p>\n
The towers, located on Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur, were built to
\nhouse the companies which were privately owned by the Humpuss
\nGroup.<\/p>\n
Humpuss, which is owned by former president Soeharto's
\nyoungest son Hutomo Mandala Putra, filed a lawsuit against the
\norder to the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) and won
\nthe court's decision on July 22 last year. The mayoralty then
\nappealed to PTTUN to overturn the decision.<\/p>\n
Wahab said the group suffered revenue losses of some Rp 20
\nbillion from the building tenants' leases, not to mention the
\nlost business opportunities.<\/p>\n
He said the order practically stopped all business activity,
\nwhich in turn caused a loss in taxes for the government revenue.<\/p>\n
City administration spokesman Muhayat said separately that the
\nadministration lost the case because of its ignorance to court
\nprocedures.<\/p>\n
\"We should have sent three warning letters prior to the
\nclosure,\" he said. (nvn)<\/p>",
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