Koja residents demand meeting with governor<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Koja Utara residents said yesterday that they
\nwere waiting to meet with Jakarta Governor Surjadi Soedirja, to
\nexplain the whole situation regarding their land dispute, a
\nresident said.<\/p>\n
\"We want the governor to get information directly from us
\nabout the real situation here,\" Mochdar Barga told The Jakarta
\nPost.<\/p>\n
He said the residents also wanted to meet Jakarta military
\ncommander Maj. Gen. Wiranto.<\/p>\n
\"In a meeting with the National Commission on Human Rights
\nlast week, the commission promised to bring the two parties
\ntogether and to try and arrange a meeting between the residents,
\nthe governor and the Jakarta Military Commander,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Residents of Koja Utara met with the commission on Friday and
\nwere received by the commission's secretary-general, Baharudin
\nLopa.<\/p>\n
Commission members told the residents that they would meet
\nwith the governor and Jakarta military commander and ask them to
\ngive the residents a chance to talk to them directly.<\/p>\n
Lopa said such a meeting would be the best way to solve the
\nKoja dispute since meetings between residents and local
\nadministrations have brought no solution.<\/p>\n
\"This is the first land case I have ever come across where the
\ncompensation rate differences, as set by the residents and the
\ncompany, have gone so far,\" Lopa said.<\/p>\n
Mochdar added that the residents have sent letters to the
\ngovernor, the military commander and even to the Vice-President,
\nsince the land dispute began last year.<\/p>\n
\"But we have not received any response. That is why we want to
\nmeet directly with the higher officials,\" he said.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the Jakarta military commander, Maj. Gen. Wiranto,
\nsaid that residents who obstructed the development of the
\ncontainer cargo terminal project were considered criminals and
\nthat they would be sanctioned legally, particularly those who
\ndestroyed company property.<\/p>\n
Commenting on Wiranto's statement, Mochdar said he was sure
\nthe statement was not aimed at them. \"We support the project and
\nwe never destroy anything. What we want is compensation that does
\nnot victimize us,\" he said, adding that the statement was aimed
\nat certain people who had used the situation in their own
\ninterests.<\/p>\n
Over the past two weeks, Wiranto has issued two statements
\nrelated to Koja dispute, warning the residents that the project
\non the 90-hectare plot of land would be continued according to
\nschedule and that the city military would safeguard the project.<\/p>\n
According to Mochdar, certain people have received
\ncompensation but were still hanging around the site persuading
\nthe remaining residents to sell their houses.<\/p>\n
\"They are working for the compensation team established by the
\nNorth Jakarta mayoralty and PT Pelindo II,\" he said.<\/p>\n
There have been many cases in which, due to fraud, losses were
\nsuffered by residents whose houses were sold, he added.<\/p>\n
\"These people dare to offer prices of more than Rp 2 million
\nper square meter, as long as it is they who do the selling,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
After the deals were made the residents would realize that
\nthere were differences between the actual facts and the data
\nstated in the documents, he said.<\/p>\n
The land dispute began when PT Pelindo II and PT Humpuss
\nannounced last year that they would appropriate 90 hectares of
\nland for a new cargo terminal.<\/p>\n
The company set the compensation rate at between Rp 100,000
\nper square meter to Rp 150,000 per square meter, while the
\nresidents are asking for Rp 2,275,000 per square meter. The North
\nJakarta Mayor later, through a decree, set the compensation rate
\nat Rp 100,000 per square meter to Rp 160,000 per square meter.
\n(01)<\/p>",
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