Mayor will abide by court's verdict

Mayor will abide by court's verdict

JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta mayor Soeprawito says he will abide by the verdict made by Central Jakarta Court on a civil law suit filed by 26 residents of the Pademangan Timur subdistrict over a land dispute.

In its session on March 22, judges at Central Jakarta Court required the accused, namely the mayor and several other mayoralty officials, to pay Rp 1 million for each violation of the law which infringed on the rights of the plaintiffs.

Soeprawito said he has filed a counter lawsuit, with the same court, against the accusation leveled by the 26 people against him and several of his subordinates.

The residents have been adamant in their demand that the compensation rate be set at Rp 1.5 million per square meter.

The land, formerly the Kemayoran airport, covers a total of 450 hectares. The 26 residents are only occupying 4,000 square meters.

The government is planning to build a flyover and 10 office buildings, for state-run companies, on the disputed land, Antara reported. (bas)