Guess What?

Guess What?

Soni Harsono, the chief of the National Land Agency and
Minister for Agricultural Affairs, knows full well what it is
like to be cheated out of land deal. He was once a victim
himself, he confessed.

This happened long before he became a cabinet minister, Soni
said this week, explaining the steps to combat land speculation
and scams.

In those days, various government agencies were parceling out
land for housing to its employees, and some of these parcels were
eventually offered to people outside the ministries.

"I came across an offer for land in the housing complex for,
if I remember correctly, the Ministry of Transmigration.

"I never bothered to check the location because all the papers
were complete.

"But when I checked later, the parcel of land turned out to be
fictitious.

"But what is done is done. That was the time when I was a
little guy working in industry," Soni said. (emb)