Heirs want disputed land certificates revoked

Heirs want disputed land certificates revoked

TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Thirty-two people claiming to be
the legal owners of 75 hectares of land in Tangerang have asked
the regency office of the National Land Agency to revoke the land
certificates held by the developer of Gading Serpong housing
complex and golf course.

Tan Sui Ek, claiming to be the heir of the late land owner,
said over the weekend that the family's lawyer sent two letters
to the regency's land agency on June 7 and July 8 requesting the
revocation of any land ownership documents.

He said copies of the letter have also been sent to the
National Land Agency's head office in Jakarta, the West Java
office of the land agency and the Tangerang regent.

The land dispute between the people and the developer went to
court and the Tangerang District Court issued an order to
confiscate the land and the golf course at the behest of the
heirs of the Tan Hok Tjioe, the late owner. The order, issued on
June 5, was based on a decision by the chief of the Central
Jakarta District Court on Jan. 6, 1996.

Confiscation of the property was postponed last month due to
strong resistance from the golf course's chief security guard.

The problem extends back some time, until Tan Sui Ek asked the
court that the confiscation order be reinstated in 1990 and it
was agreed upon by the Jakarta District court.

The heirs' lawyer, Teguh Samudra, said the developer managed
to stall the land seizure by requesting the regency's land agency
issue a new land certificate.

The firm's lawyer, Herman Zakaria, told reporters earlier that
his client, PT Jakarta Baru Cosmopolitan, bought the disputed
land from PT Batik Keris and PT Perkebunan Citarik which held the
land documents.(18/kod)