City firm has quietly sold land in Cibubur
City firm has quietly sold land in Cibubur
JAKARTA (JP): City property company PT Sarana Jaya has quietly
sold 3.2 hectares in Cibubur, East Jakarta to a private company
and distributed some of the money to its employees, a city
councillor revealed on Tuesday.
Secretary of Commission B for Economic Affairs Dani Anwar said
a shopping center would be built on the plot, worth Rp 27.2
billion (about US$2.86 million) with the selling price set at Rp
850 thousand per square meter.
"Sarana Jaya claimed that the sale was urgent to cover its
debts, but they should have informed us of any change in the
status of a city asset," said Dani.
Speaking in a hearing with Sarana Jaya directors, Dani said
the move did not comply with the company's mandate of leasing the
site.
The company's former president Hari Sandjojo confirmed the
sale, but defended the move because the company was in need of
cash to repay Rp 43 billion debt accrued since 1992.
"The Cibubur site is part of our trading assets, so we did not
need any approval from the city administration or city council to
sell it," said Hari, who was replaced by Tebian Amari last month.
Hari said that the governor had been informed of the decision
in December last year, according to the procedure stipulated in
1991 City Bylaw No. 1 regarding the property company.
He said the company had yet to release the land due to
incomplete land certificates and had received only Rp 2 billion
down payment.
Dani said Rp 130 million of the down payment reportedly had
been distributed to all the company's employees.
"It indicates collusion among officials of the company. Can
you imagine that the money was distributed to all employees from
parking attendant to director?" said Dani.
Another councillor, Sambudi Bakri of the National Mandate
Party (PAN), said city council would investigate the case and
other irregularities involving the company.
In response to the suspicion, Hari said the fund was part of
"operational costs" given to company employees involved in the
sale of the land.
Hari added that there was a total of 100 hectares of trading
assets across the capital, including 20 hectares in Pulo Jahe, 20
hectares in Pondok Aren and Pondok Kacang, both located in
Tangerang. (07)