Road belonging to locals sold<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): A three-kilometer village road in Kelapa Indah
\nsubdistrict has been illegally sold off by the Tangerang city
\nadministration to property firm PT Modernland Realty Co. for Rp
\n1.3 billion (US$146,000), an activist of an NGO said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The chairman of the Tangerang Government Watch (TGW), Tony
\nWismantoro, said Rp 400 million, or one-third of the fund, went
\ninto the pockets of six local officials.<\/p>\n
\"Those six men are all Tangerang administration officials.
\nSome are former officials and the rest are current (officials),\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
\"The remaining Rp 900 million went to the Tangerang city
\ntreasury office. TGW is still collecting relevant evidence on the
\nmatter. The evidence will be handed over to the related
\nauthorities very soon,\" Tony said,<\/p>\n
The road is four meters wide.<\/p>\n
The authentic owners of the land, the locals, had repeatedly
\nasked about their rights in regards to the illegal sale of their
\nproperty but later asked for the help of TGW to probe up the
\ncase, he said.<\/p>\n
The road was developed as part of the Modernland housing
\ncomplex, which includes a golf course. Several projects in the
\ncomplex have been seemingly abandoned.<\/p>\n
When asked to comment, Tangerang deputy assistant of
\nadministration affairs, Achmad Kosasih, denied TGW's allegation,
\nsaying that, as much as he could remember, the selling of the
\nroad together with other village roads in Tangerang and Cipondoh
\nin 1992 was in line with prevailing regulations.<\/p>\n
\"Money collected from the sale of those roads was used to buy
\nland in Sepatan and Rajeg districts. The transaction has been
\nlegalized in a West Java gubernatorial decree,\" Achmad said.<\/p>\n
When reporters persisted on knowing the size of the purchased
\nland and the precise area, Achmad answered that he was still
\nlooking for the documents.<\/p>\n
According to Kelapa Indah residents, there is no evidence of
\nthe land transaction of their properties recorded at the
\nsubdistrict office. (41\/ylt)<\/p>",
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