Fake land titles found in N. Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta office of the National Land Agency has uncovered 118 fake land certificates, North Jakarta Mayor Suprawito said over the weekend.

Suprawito told reporters the fake certificates are duplicates of legally issued titles.

"There was also one fake certificate which had been duplicated up to 10 times," Suprawito told Antara news agency.

Head of the land agency, Sjahran Hasan, said his office discovered the documents were not valid when people submitted them to check the legal status of plots of land they planned to purchase.

Sjahran urged Jakartans not to hesitate to check the validity of land documents at his office because only through the National Land Agency can they detect whether the documents are the original land titles or not.

"Please check all of the land documents with our office before buying land," Sjahran said, adding that his office has completed 415 certificates filed by the public this year.

Sjahran also announced that his agency will issue 400 land certificates for residents in the least developed kampongs in the capital in the near future. (yns)