Sultan sued over land dispute<\/p>\n
Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta<\/p>\n
A complaint against Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengkubuwono X was filed
\nwith the police on Wednesday by three descendants of Sultan
\nHamengkubuwono VII for allegedly illegally appropriating 40,410
\nsquare meters of land and a building located on Jl. Laksda
\nAdisucipto.<\/p>\n
Triyanto Prastowo, one of Hamengkubuwono VII's heirs who filed
\nthe complaint with the police on Wednesday, said on Thursday that
\nthe land and building, called Pesanggrahan Ambarrukmo, had
\nbelonged to his great grandfather. The other two who signed the
\ncomplaint were identified as Roosharwantoaji and Goewindo.<\/p>\n
They, however, offered no proof of ownership of the land and
\nbuilding.<\/p>\n
\"On Nov. 30, 1995, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X changed the
\nownership of the plot of land and building,\" said Triyanto,
\nadding that he had learned about the name transfer from the
\nYogyakarta land affairs office.<\/p>\n
\"That is why have we reported the case to the police,
\nconsidering that what the sultan did was a form of fraud.
\nBorrowing from palace language, it is called nyulayani, or
\nviolating palace law,\" said Triyanto, who is also a policeman at
\nGondomanan Police station.<\/p>\n
Triyanto said Sultan Hamengkubuwono X had never asked for
\npermission to transfer ownership of the pesanggrahan (rest house)
\nand the land, where the state-owned Ambarrukmo Palace Hotel is
\npresently located.<\/p>\n
\"We, the heirs of Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII, have never
\nenjoyed the business either,\" said Triyanto.<\/p>\n
Pesanggrahan Ambarrukmo, located 10 kilometers northeast of
\nYogyakarta Palace, according to Triyanto, was the residence of
\nSultan Hamengkubuwono VII since Jan. 29, 1921 after he stepped
\ndown as the sultan of Yogyakarta. He lived there until he died on
\nDec. 30 in the same year.<\/p>\n
According to Palace Law No. 16\/1918 and Law No. 11\/1920, he
\nsaid, the land and building located outside the Yogyakarta
\nPalace, where a retired sultan lived, automatically belonged to
\nthe respective sultan and his heirs and not to the palace as an
\ninstitution.<\/p>\n
Triyanto also revealed that his extended family had tried many
\nways to settle the dispute since 1999.<\/p>\n
Once, for example, Hamengkubuwono VII's grandson Wisnoe
\nWardhana tried to get in touch with the ruling sultan to discuss
\nthe dispute, but failed, said Triyanto.<\/p>\n
Sultan Hamengkubuwono X was not available for comment.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/sultan-sued-over-land-dispute-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }