Koja residents challenge remarks by Gen. Wiranto<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Koja Utara residents challenged a statement made
\nby Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Wiranto yesterday over an
\nongoing land dispute.<\/p>\n
Wiranto on Thursday urged about 1,500 families still in the
\narea to move from their 90-hectare plot of land, which belongs to
\nthe government and is scheduled to be used for a container
\nterminal.<\/p>\n
\"We will meet with the residents soon to explain once again
\nthat they have no right to the land. What they have done so far
\nis disrupting the government's development program,\" Wiranto
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
A Koja resident, Martin Mohamad, told The Jakarta Post that
\nthe residents are waiting for the legal outcome of the case.<\/p>\n
\"The legal process is not yet final. He (Wiranto) should not
\nsay things like that. This is a country based on law,\" Martin
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
With the assistance of the Legal Aid Institute (LBH), two Koja
\nUtara residents, Noor Alam Baso and Yansen Ismail, last month
\nplanned to file a lawsuit with the Supreme Court after being
\nturned away by the North Jakarta District Court and the Jakarta
\nAdministrative Court.<\/p>\n
The residents are demanding that the North Jakarta mayor
\nrevoke his decree on the amount of compensation to be paid to
\nresidents.<\/p>\n
The North Jakarta mayor's decree sets the amount of
\ncompensation at no more than Rp 165,000 (US$72.72) a square
\nmeter.<\/p>\n
The residents rejected the amount, saying the amount is too
\nlow. They are demanding Rp 2.275 million per square meter, but
\nsaid the amount was negotiable.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, LBH division chief of land affairs Waskito
\nAdiribowo told the Post that the case would be taken to the
\nSupreme Court since both the North Jakarta District Court and the
\nJakarta Administration have rejected the case.<\/p>\n
According to him, after being turned down by the North Jakarta
\nDistrict Court the case should be taken to the Jakarta Administrative Court
\nsince it involves a state-owned company. The Jakarta Administrative Court,
\nhowever, also declined to try the case because it had to do with
\ncompensation, which is beyond its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n
\"We will take the case to the Supreme Court to determine which
\ncourt is entitled to try it,\" Waskito said.<\/p>\n
Documents show that the land occupied by the residents belongs
\nto the state-owned company PT Pelindo II, and not to the
\ngovernment, Waskito said.<\/p>\n
\"There is a difference between a government and a state-owned
\ncompany,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"The residents are holding documents stating that they are
\nusers of the land. That is why they pay taxes on the land and
\nbuildings,\" Waskito said.<\/p>\n
\"But the point is that the residents deserve fair compensation
\nand they want the court to decide,\" Waskito said.<\/p>\n
In a related development, members of the City Council urged all officers
\nto execute the relocation plan, to negotiate with the local
\nresidents and to avoid any physical clashes.<\/p>\n
Saud Rahman, the deputy chairman of the United Development
\nParty faction of the council, said yesterday there is still one
\nweek to negotiate.<\/p>\n
Saud has no objection to the ultimatum given by the city military
\ncommander. \"It is better for the residents to heed Wiranto's call and accept
\nthe compensation set by the City Administration,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Djenny Suharso, the deputy chairman of the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party faction, agreed that there should be no physical
\nviolence.<\/p>\n
\"I think the persuasive approach made by the city military
\nchief is good.\" he said. (01\/32)<\/p>",
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