Pluit nightspot torn down in land dispute<\/p>\n
Leo Wahyudi S, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Due to a land dispute, an entertainment spot, housing the
\nLucky Star discotheque, karaoke, massage parlor, restaurant and
\nwine bar, on Jl. Pluit Indah, North Jakarta was bulldozed on
\nTuesday morning.<\/p>\n
The demolition has reduced the 8,500-square-meter
\nentertainment center into a huge pile of rubble, with broken
\nbottles and compact discs scattered everywhere.<\/p>\n
Ferry Juan, the lawyer of PT Pesona Nusantara, which manages
\nthe entertainment center, said the company estimated it lost Rp 8
\nbillion due to the demolition.<\/p>\n
According to one witness, Gimin, who worked in security at the
\ndiscotheque, about 300 people, comprising security guards from
\nanother firm and members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI)
\ncarried out the demolition work at around 7 a.m.<\/p>\n
\"I saw a police patrol car parked nearby the location but the
\nofficers inside did nothing to prevent the demolition,\" Gimin
\ntold The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
However, a police officer said the police had readied about
\n150 personnel in anticipation of the situation worsening.<\/p>\n
Penjaringan subprecinct police chief Comr. Krishna Murti said
\nthe demolition was due to a prolonged property dispute between
\nthe tenant, PT Pesona Nusantara, and the owner, PT Jakarta
\nPropertindo.<\/p>\n
As the property is being disputed in court, the police had no
\nlegal basis to stop it, he said, adding it would not help much if
\nthe police took action because he knew the buildings were about
\nto be destroyed.<\/p>\n
He regretted that PT Jakarta Propertindo made use of the FPI
\nto conduct the demolition.<\/p>\n
The tenant, PT Pesona Nusantara, as managers of the Lucky Star
\ndiscotheque, and the owner of the property, PT Jakarta
\nPropertindo, as the city-owned enterprise, had been locked in a
\ndispute over the property for three years.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the spokesman for PT Jakarta Propertindo, Suryadi,
\ndenied the allegation that the company had recruited other
\nparties to carry out the demolition.<\/p>\n
\"We did not use any outside forces to demolish the
\nbuilding,\" Suryadi remarked, reiterating the presence of FPI
\nmembers was only accidental.<\/p>\n
He supported PT Jakarta Propertindo, saying it had fought for
\nits rights.<\/p>\n
A member of the legal staff at PT Jakarta Propertindo, Ayub
\nSuleman, however, refused to explain the use of the bulldozer to
\ndemolish the building.<\/p>",
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