Officials involved in land scam to be summoned<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): The Tangerang Legislative Council has said it
\nwill summon officials allegedly involved in the private
\nacquisition of a 10-hectare plot of state land in Babakan
\nsubdistrict.<\/p>\n
\"Any officials proven guilty of distributing the land or
\ntaking ownership of any of the plot deserve to be removed from
\nthe civil service as their alleged wrongdoings have tarnished the
\nreputation of the administration,\" Council Speaker Gian Sugiharto
\nsaid on Friday.<\/p>\n
Ownership of the plot was allegedly obtained illegally by
\nofficials and local residents who wanted to sell it at a profit
\nto developer PT Mayo Waya.<\/p>\n
The area is earmarked for development into a business center,
\na shopping mall and a recreational park.<\/p>\n
The illegal acquisition of the land began last May, when land
\nownership documents issued by the National Land Agency (BPN) were
\ndistributed to interested locals, officials and councilors.<\/p>\n
Gian said the 10-hectare plot was worth Rp 30 billion as each
\nsquare meter had a market value of around Rp 300,000.<\/p>\n
\"Those (officials) involved must have known better that state
\nproperties are not for sale and every state asset designated to
\nbe used for other utilities must be reported and endorsed by the
\nlegislative council,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The councilor, however, conceded that most officials in the
\nlocal administration have been working in an environment filled
\nwith collusion, corruption and nepotism.<\/p>\n
\"That is why we have to start enforcing the law and stop the
\n'lip service' of eradicating corruption and collusion,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Overlapping documents and orders have been detected in the
\nland dispute, he said, citing that on Aug. 28, 1998 the mayoralty
\nissued a land-use permit for the 10-hectare plot in the name of
\nPT Mayo Waya, which planned to build a park, a shopping mall and
\na hotel on the plot, on Dec. 8, 1998.<\/p>\n
A permit was also issued by the Tangerang mayor on Nov. 3,
\n1998, and endorsed by the head of the local industrial office on
\nNov. 30, 1998.<\/p>\n
\"While previously the administration issued a land use permit.
\nSo which one is real?\" Gian said.<\/p>\n
The development plan is in accordance with Tangerang city
\nbylaws No. 14\/1994 and No. 19\/1994 on basic development and city
\nplanning, respectively. The plot itself is in a business, office
\nand utility zone, while its status is that of a state property in
\nthe form of swamps, vegetable plots, empty plots and villages.
\n(41\/edt)<\/p>",
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