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        "id": 1218809,
        "msgid": "pln-told-to-be-fair-in-land-appropriation-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-07-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "PLN told to be fair in land appropriation",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "PLN told to be fair in land appropriation JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Mayor Abdul Kahfi urged the state-owned electricity company PLN yesterday not to victimize residents when setting the price of land to be appropriated. \"Both parties should discuss the matter and the city government is willing to be a mediator,\" Abdul Kahfi said, commenting on the land compensation dispute in Kebon Sirih, Central Jakarta.",
        "content": "<p>PLN told to be fair in land appropriation<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Mayor Abdul Kahfi urged the<br>\nstate-owned electricity company PLN yesterday not to victimize<br>\nresidents when setting the price of land to be appropriated.<\/p>\n<p>\"Both parties should discuss the matter and the city<br>\ngovernment is willing to be a mediator,\" Abdul Kahfi said,<br>\ncommenting on the land compensation dispute in Kebon Sirih,<br>\nCentral Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>PLN planned in 1993 to construct an electricity exchange in<br>\nKebon Sirih, for which it appropriated about 4,000 square meters<br>\nof land inhabited by 37 families.<\/p>\n<p>PLN offered Rp 1.2 million (US$545.45) per square meter while<br>\nthe residents set the price at Rp 2 million per square meter.<\/p>\n<p>Kahfi also asked for the residents' understanding regarding<br>\nthe construction plan, which he said was aimed at helping<br>\nJakartans.<\/p>\n<p>\"The relay station is needed for the electricity supply in<br>\nCentral Jakarta,\" Kahfi said.<\/p>\n<p>Kahfi denied residents' claims that they were being<br>\nintimidated by security officers.<\/p>\n<p>\"There has been no intimidation,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, H. Chudori, the leader of the neighborhood<br>\norganization in Kebon Sirih, said that the residents wanted to<br>\ntalk with PLN directly.<\/p>\n<p>\"PLN officials never talk in meetings between the company,<br>\nresidents and the city administration,\" said Chudori, adding that<br>\nthey had met four times since 1993.<\/p>\n<p>\"The company should consider the fact that the people here<br>\nhave their businesses, especially upholstery and antiques,\"<br>\nChudori said.<\/p>\n<p>Chudori said it would be difficult for them to find another<br>\nstrategic place with the money offered.<\/p>\n<p>A PLN project chief, Aman Rachman, was reported to have said<br>\non Tuesday that of the 37 families affected, five had already<br>\nreceived the compensation money.<\/p>\n<p>\"Their demand to get  Rp 2 million per square meter is<br>\ngroundless since the land belongs to the government,\" Aman said.<br>\n(yns\/01)<\/p>",
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