Land certificate forgers detained

East Jakarta Mayor Sudarsono has confirmed that police have detained five of the alleged suspects involved in the falsification of some land certificates in the Rawarorotan area of East Cakung subdistrict, East Jakarta.

Suara Pembaruan daily reported on Monday that the land forgery was revealed when the authorities found some land certificates bearing the fake signature of the East Cakung subdistrict chief and a false subdistrict administration seal.

Sudarsono said he had ordered the Cakung district chief, the East Cakung subdistrict chief and the head of the East Jakarta office of the national land agency to re-measure and re-register all the land plots in Rawarorotan area to check the authenticity of their legal status.(mas)