90 houses built illegally

TANGERANG: The chief executive of Periuk district here accused the developer of the Mutiara Pluit housing estate of illegally constructing 90 new houses without building permits from the municipal administration.

The district chief, Eddy Mulyanto, said on Tuesday that the Villa Mutiara Pluit developer had only obtained permits to build 161 houses, but to date there had been a total of 251 houses constructed.

"I've just been working for three months in this district office, so I don't understand at all (how this could happen)," he said.

The Periuk district administration has ordered a halt to the construction of eight stores in the housing complex. --JP