Resident questioned over destruction<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A resident of Koja Utara, North Jakarta, was
\narrested on Tuesday for allegedly destroying fences belonging to
\nPT Humpuss, a company which is constructing a cargo terminal in
\nthe area together with state-owned port company PT Pelindo II.<\/p>\n
Welly Yakob, a resident of the district, told The Jakarta Post
\nyesterday that the suspect, Martin Mohamad, had been kept in
\npolice custody overnight.<\/p>\n
City police spokesman Lt. Col. Bambang Permantoro confirmed
\nyesterday that Martin was questioned by the police in relation to
\ndestruction of the company's property.<\/p>\n
\"He has been released today,\" Bambang said.<\/p>\n
In July, Koja Utara residents were accused of vandalizing
\nvarious properties belonging to the company. The accusations were
\nmade by PT Pelindo II and the North Jakarta mayoralty, both of
\nwhich are involved in a dispute over land compensation with
\nresidents of the district. The damaged property in question
\nincluded a 50-meter-long fence in Jl. Gang 64, which had
\ncollapsed.<\/p>\n
Speaking to local military District Commander Capt. Mohamad
\nNuh, the residents at that time denied the charges of
\ndestruction, showing the commander that the collapse had been
\ncaused by a construction fault rather through willful destruction
\non the part of residents.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito, accompanied by other
\nlocal leaders, including local military Area Commander Lt. Col.
\nBahir Alamsyah, North Jakarta District Police Chief Lt. Col.
\nAbubakar Nataprawira and representatives of PT Pelindo II, met
\nwith Koja Utara residents on Tuesday, calling on them to accept
\nthe compensation offered by the local government for the loss of
\ntheir homes to the project.<\/p>\n
\"The cargo terminal project will continue and there is no
\nreason to suspend it,\" Suprawito said.<\/p>\n
The residents, however, promptly objected to the mayor's
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
\"There will be no construction until the problem of
\ncompensation has been settled,\" the residents shouted as they
\ndispersed.<\/p>\n
Suprawito told reporters later that there would be no change
\nto the rate of compensation offered.<\/p>\n
\"If we meet their demands it will affect other residents whose
\ncompensation has already been paid,\" Suprawito said, adding that
\nhe was prepared to talk with the residents, except regarding
\ntheir demand for a higher level of compensation.<\/p>\n
According to Suprawito, the compensation rate set by his
\ndecree was based on rate paid to residents displaced by the
\nCilincing-Pluit flyover and the Sunter III dam.<\/p>\n
The land compensation dispute arose after PT Pelindo II and PT
\nHumpuss announced last year that they would appropriate some 90
\nhectares of land for the construction of a new cargo terminal.<\/p>\n
The company set the compensation rate at between Rp 100,000
\n(US$44) and Rp 150,000 per square meter, while the residents
\nasked for Rp 2,275 million per sq m, but said the figure was
\nnegotiable.<\/p>\n
After a number of negotiating sessions ended in a deadlock,
\nthe mayor of North Jakarta decreed that the rate would be between
\nRp 100,000 to Rp 165,000 per sq m.<\/p>\n
The new terminal, which is being built at a cost of $498
\nmillion, is scheduled to commence operations in October 1998.
\n(01)<\/p>",
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