Mayor asked to help settle land dispute<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso ordered East Jakarta Mayor
\nSudarsono to investigate and settle a dispute between a city-
\nowned developer and a private bank over a 2,187-square-meter plot
\non Jl. Matraman.<\/p>\n
The governor said he expected that PD Sarana Jaya and Bank
\nBira -- which is currently occupying 1,063 square meters of the
\ndisputed land -- could reach a win-win solution.<\/p>\n
\"I believe we can work things out together because both
\nparties involved want to cooperate to clear up this matter,\"
\nSutiyoso said, adding that he hoped the dispute could be resolved
\nthis month.<\/p>\n
The land dispute between Bank Bira and PD Sarana Jaya started
\na few months ago when the bank bought a plot of state land in
\nMatraman supposedly owned by a man called Ziyad, councilors were
\ntold in a plenary session with executives of Sarana Jaya on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
After the transaction, Bank Bira reportedly received the land
\ndeeds and became the owner of the land after it was legally
\nchanged from Ziyad's name to Bank Bira.<\/p>\n
However, Gubernatorial Decree No. Bd 3\/1\/54\/69, dated Sept.10,
\n1969, states that the land belongs to PD Sarana Jaya.<\/p>\n
The decree also lists the company's other properties,
\nincluding buildings on Jl. Cikini Raya, Jl. Pegangsaan Barat, Jl.
\nPegangsaan Timur and Jl. KH. Ashari.<\/p>\n
Sarana Jaya spokesman Brandjangan said the company sent a
\nletter to East Jakarta mayoralty and the National Land Agency
\n(BPN) in October, to tell Bank Bira to stop processing the land
\ndeeds.<\/p>\n
\"But there has been no response from BPN, which is the
\ninstitution that has the power to issue or cancel a land deed.<\/p>\n
\"The most horrible thing is, I think some of the officials in
\nBPN must have known that the property actually belonged to the
\nmunicipality.\"<\/p>\n
Brandjangan said the East Jakarta mayoralty had responded to
\nthe letter by ordering its officials to check on the condition of
\nthe plot.<\/p>\n
\"But it was too late because Bank Bira had already got the
\nland deed transferred into its name last month.\"<\/p>\n
He said his company had never sold any of its properties -- as
\noutlined in the decree -- to any other parties.<\/p>\n
\"What we did was rent the plot on Jl. Matraman to Ziyad
\nbecause we hadn't started our development project there.\"<\/p>\n
According to Brandjangan, Sarana Jaya knew nothing about the
\ntenant selling the land.<\/p>\n
\"We had no suspicion at all because the tenant (Ziyad) always
\npaid us the rent.\"<\/p>\n
He said he suspected there had been collusion in the illegal
\nsale.<\/p>\n
\"We understand that this matter is not entirely Bank Bira's
\nfault, because they bought the plot in good will. What is wrong
\nhere is the procedure.<\/p>\n
\"Even though Bank Bira has a legal land document to support
\nits ownership status, I believe that it can be canceled in the
\nname of the law because they have bought state land without
\nfollowing the proper procedures, such as notifying us before the
\ntransaction is made.\"<\/p>\n
Bank Bira representatives were not available for comment and
\nZiyad's whereabouts remain a mystery. (edt)<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mayor-asked-to-help-settle-land-dispute-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}