Execution of Hotel Sultan: Central Jakarta District Court Conducting Dispute Object Verification
The Central Jakarta District Court (PN Jakpus) conducted a constatation (data verification) of the disputed property as a follow-up to plans for executing the Hotel Sultan land in Jakarta on Monday, 16 March.
Based on observations, the constatation was attended by representatives of PN Jakpus, the State Secretariat Ministry, and the Gelora Bung Karno Complex Management Centre (PPKGBK) as applicants for execution, the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR/BPN), and police.
“Constatation means verifying and ensuring that boundaries match what we have requested as applicants—two from PPKGBK and one from the State Secretariat Ministry—concerning state property in Block 15,” said PPKGBK Director General Rakhmadi Afif Kusumo to journalists on Monday.
“This morning we heard directly from the clerk that constatation has been carried out and is being carried out for Block 15, checking former Land Use Rights Certificates 26 and 27, which should already be state property,” he added.
On the same occasion, the legal representative for the State Secretariat Ministry and PPKGBK, Chandra Hamzah, stated that the constatation represented part of the execution process. Chandra explained that through this constatation, the District Court would measure and determine the boundaries of the disputed property. The measurement results would subsequently be reported to BPN.
“After that, it will be reported to BPN to verify that the requested land is indeed correct. This concerns verification—the Central Jakarta District Court requests assistance from ATR/BPN to determine its location, boundaries, area, and all other details,” he said.
“Once verified, they will return to the Central Jakarta District Court and then we proceed whilst awaiting execution of the court ruling,” he continued.
Previously, PPKGBK had opened a Block 15 GBK Service Post for Transfer of Management to protect employees, vendors, and tenants who could be affected by the Hotel Sultan land execution process.
PPKGBK Director General Rakhmadi Afif Kusumo stated that the government has designed a major plan to transform Block 15 into an integrated green public space and will be strengthened by the presence of a new MRT station to facilitate public access. The post opening is also intended to allay concerns of parties involved in Hotel Sultan’s operations regarding the land evacuation process, which is based on the Central Jakarta District Court Civil Decision No. 208/Pdt.G/2025/PN.Jkt.Pst classified as “uitvoerbaar bij voorraad” (immediately enforceable).
Meanwhile, PPKGBK’s legal representative Kharis Sucipto explained that administrative manoeuvres cannot prevent execution of an immediately enforceable civil court ruling.
“Regarding this matter, there is no legal provision or Supreme Court guideline stating that an administrative court ruling can cancel or postpone execution of an immediately enforceable civil court decision. Therefore, the execution preparation process is lawful and constitutes part of legal certainty enforcement,” Kharis stated at a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday, 3 February.
On the other hand, PT Indobuildco’s legal team filed a complaint against the Chair of the Central Jakarta District Court and the Chair of the Jakarta High Court with the Judicial Commission following plans to execute Hotel Sultan on Thursday, 12 March.
“Today, we filed a complaint with the Judicial Commission regarding Hotel Sultan. Those complained about are the Chair of the Central Jakarta District Court and the Chair of the Jakarta High Court,” said PT Indobuildco’s legal representative, Hamdan Zoelva in his statement on Thursday.
Hamdan stated that his team believed there was unequal treatment before the law by the courts towards Indobuildco compared with the State Secretariat Ministry and PPKGBK regarding execution of the ruling.
He noted that the Hotel Sultan dispute is still being processed at the appellate level and could potentially proceed to cassation. However, the court allegedly continued to process execution steps upon the plaintiff’s request, the State Secretariat Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia.
“This clearly demonstrates unequal treatment before the law,” Hamdan said.