Measures against official demanded<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): Bencongan villagers urged Tangerang regent
\nAgus Djunara on Saturday to take stern action against a local
\nregency official for his alleged involvement in the illegal sale
\nof a four-hectare plot of land.<\/p>\n
The official, identified as Hafrudin who is now head of
\nPamulang district, is one of three officials allegedly involved
\nin the illegal land sale.<\/p>\n
The two other officials, namely H. Djana and Endang Suparman,
\nare the former heads of Bencongan and Cukanggalih villages
\nrespectively. Both were dismissed from their jobs.<\/p>\n
\"The regent should settle the corruption case fully by
\nbringing the case to court. Don't defend the guilty party through
\nvarious arguments,\" Stephanus LB, one of the villagers' lawyer,
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Transparency in the case is badly needed, especially during
\nthe current reform era, so as to prevent confusion among the
\nresidents, he said.<\/p>\n
The wrongdoing in the land sale came to the surface when
\nlandowners in Cukanggalih subdistrict complained that they had
\nnot received full compensation for their land bought by the head
\nof Bencongan subdistrict with funds resulting from a deal with
\ndevelopment company Lippo Karawaci.<\/p>\n
Under the deal, the developer bought the four-hectare plot of
\nland from the Bencongan subdistrict for Rp 2 billion
\n(US$181,818). The Bencongan subdistrict, in turn, used the money
\nfrom the deal to buy four hectares of land in Cukanggalih
\nsubdistrict, where it plans to build boardinghouses.<\/p>\n
Local villagers forced the Bencongan subdistrict office to
\nclose on Aug. 31 in protest over the slow process in the
\ninvestigation of the case. (41\/ivy)<\/p>",
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