Land seizure in Serpong delayed

TANGERANG, West Java (JP): The Tangerang District Court has postponed confiscation of a golf course and a 70-hectare plot of land in Gading Serpong.

Tangerang District Court Chief Soedardji ordered the confiscation at the behest of heirs of the late Tan Hok Tjioe, who owned the property. The order, issued on June 5 this year, was based on a decision by the chief of the Central Jakarta District Court on Jan. 6, 1996.

It was the follow-up of the decision taken under the Dutch colonial Radd Van Justitie order issued back in 1940. But the problem had been dragging on until one of the heirs, Tan Siu Ek asked the court that the confiscation order be reinstated in 1990 and it was agreed upon by the Jakarta District court.

However, Soedardji said, the planned confiscation met stiff resistance from the golf course's chief security guard, Tambunan, for various reasons.

Quarrels took place between members of the confiscation team and Tambunan, who was adamant that the poles set up be pulled down.

In order to prevent more serious physical clashes, the Tangerang District Court, the Chinuni village chief and a group of policemen and servicemen postponed the confiscation pending a more favorable situation. (18/bas)