Govt to investigate Slipi land dispute

Govt to investigate Slipi land dispute

JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Government Affairs Idroes
said the city administration will investigate a case over
disputed compensation money for a plot of land in Slipi, West
Jakarta.

"Related agencies such as the city secretary and Jakarta
office of the National Land Bureau, will meet to discuss which
party is entitled to the compensation," Idroes told reporters on
Monday.

Idroes was commenting on a complaint filed by Agus Yanuar
Ayub, a resident of the Slipi subdistrict, whose land was
appropriated by a developer but compensation was paid to the city
administration instead of him.

The developer, PT Centralindo Panca Sakti, appropriated 332
square-meters of land on Jl. GII, RT 008/02 neighborhood unit, in
the Slipi subdistrict, owned by Agus. In 1983 part of the land
was used to build a road leading to a school.

Agus said the problem began in 1991 when the developer
appropriated the land on which the school stood, together with
the road. The developer once promised to pay him compensation for
the road, but up to now Agus has never received the compensation.

Agus also showed a letter of recommendation from the West
Jakarta office of the land agency that states the land is not a
city asset and the developer had paid compensation to the city
administration.

However, City Spokesman Soesila Darmoadji said that according
to a letter from the Minister of Home Affairs, Yogie S. Memet,
all streets in the MHT kampung improvement project are city
assets, including the road in Slipi.

Therefore, Soesila said, in 1993 Zainal Abidin, then the
assistant city secretary for administration and development,
appointed the head of city equipment bureau to collect
compensation from the developer.

"The amount was Rp 24.1 million compensation for the road
construction and Rp 124.05 million for the land. The total amount
of Rp 148.17 million had been allocated to the city revenue
office," Soesila said.

Agus said he had never sold or donated his land to the city
administration as part of the MHT project and claims that he has
all the legal papers to prove that the land belongs to him.

Ismunandar, deputy chairman of the City Council, urged
Governor Surjadi Soedirdja to investigate the case because there
are two conflicting statements from two government offices (the
land bureau and city administration).

"The land bureau has stated that the land is not a city asset
while the city administration insisted that the road is part of
the MHT project," Ismunandar said."Therefore the governor should
act to resolve the dispute." (yns)