PT Pelindo will go no higher<\/p>\n
JP\/3\/Koja\/lead 10 pts, 3 cols<\/p>\n
PT Pelindo will go no higher<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The management of the state-owned PT Pelindo
\nseaport company stated Thursday it could not afford higher
\ncompensation for the Koja residents who have to move out to pave
\nway for expansion of the seaport.<\/p>\n
"The level of compensation decreed by the mayor (Suprawito) is
\nthe maximum we can afford," A. Harbani, president of the company,
\nwas quoted as saying by Sutarno, chairman of the City Council's
\ncommission A for agrarian affairs.<\/p>\n
The commission held a closed-door hearing with the company on
\nThursday, following the visit of Koja residents on the ongoing
\nland acquisition to the council on March 21.<\/p>\n
With the decision, the squabble between PT Pelindo and the
\nresidents of Koja district, which has lasted since late last
\nyear, is likely to find no end in the predictable future.<\/p>\n
The dispute started after PT Pelindo announced last year that
\nit intended to appropriate 90 hectares of land inhabited by
\naround 9,037 families totaling almost 40,000 400 people, where
\nthe company plans to build a new container harbor in a joint-
\nventure with PT Humpuss, the diversified business group owned by
\nthe President's youngest son, Hutomo Mandala Putra.<\/p>\n
PT Pelindo claims to own the land since the Dutch-Indies era,
\ncategorizing the inhabitants as tenants. But, the residents said
\nthey leased the land from the Dutch and have lived there since
\nthe inception of the republic.<\/p>\n
After no agreement on the level of compensation was reached,
\nMayor Suprawito tried to break the deadlock by raising it to
\nbetween Rp 100,000 (US$46.8) and Rp 160,000 ($75) per square
\nmeter.<\/p>\n
The level is higher by Rp 10,000 ($4.6) than the rate set by
\nPT Pelindo.<\/p>\n
The Koja residents, however, insisted on Rp 2,275,000
\n($1,066), a level which is even higher than the compensation
\noffered by private developers to residents living in the most
\nexpensive business districts in the city.<\/p>\n
Sutarno said after the Thursday hearing, the commission would
\nhold inspection an tour of Koja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The tour will be followed by another hearing with the Koja
\nresidents, where Sutarno said the commission will debrief them on
\nthe results of Thursday's hearing.<\/p>\n
Some Koja residents, led Yoyo Sukarya, claiming to be a lawful
\nrepresentative of the residents, visited the City Council during
\nthe hearing between the commission and PT Pelindo Thursday with
\nthe intention of being immediately debriefed on its results.<\/p>\n
However, they left without satisfaction.<\/p>\n
Sutarno also said a total of 166 Koja residents had accepted
\nthe compensation at the district chief's office so far.<\/p>\n
The compensations paid to them, he said, totaled Rp 6.7
\nbillion, which PT Pelindo channeled through state-owned Bank
\nBumi Daya and Bank Negara Indonesia 1946.<\/p>\n
Governor Surjadi fully backed mayor Suprawito on the Koja land
\nclearance.<\/p>\n
"The Koja residents had themselves made a written agreement
\nwith PT Pelindo that they would move away if the company needed
\nthe land. But now they broke their promise," the governor said
\nrecently. (jsk)<\/p>",
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