PPKGBK Opens Data Post for Ex-Hotel Sultan Workers Starting 22 June
The Gelora Bung Karno Complex Management Centre (PPKGBK) is reopening a service post for Blok 15 GBK to register former Hotel Sultan workers starting Monday (22/6) at 11:00 WIB. The post, located in Parking Building A opposite Istora GBK, will operate daily as a centre for information, communication and follow-up for workers after the management of Blok 15 was returned to the state.
The post was originally opened in February, about five months before the execution. However, during the land eviction of the former Hotel Sultan on Thursday (18/6), the post’s service function was temporarily transferred and handled by a Crisis Center team.
Head of the Blok 15 GBK Transition Team, Hendry Arisandi, said the reopening of the post is initially focused on obtaining complete data regarding the number of former Hotel Sultan workers, their employment status, and their labour rights. “Starting Monday, 22 June, at 11:00 WIB, the Blok 15 Service Post in Parking Building A, opposite Istora GBK, will resume daily operations. We urge all former Hotel Sultan workers to report immediately so they can be fully registered,” he said in a statement on Sunday (21/6).
According to Hendry, the data collection is necessary because there are still discrepancies in information regarding the exact number of former Hotel Sultan workers and their respective employment statuses. The data will later be verified and followed up in accordance with labour regulations. “The post will record identities, employment status, work history, and other necessary information. All reports will be verified and followed up according to applicable labour regulations. Therefore, we hope workers will come in person and bring supporting documents,” he said.
Hendry stressed that the data collection is not merely an administrative requirement, but also serves as a basis for PPKGBK and related agencies to obtain an accurate picture of the workers’ conditions. “With accurate data, every follow-up action can be carried out in a measured way and not based on conflicting information,” Hendry said.
Furthermore, PPKGBK urges all former Hotel Sultan workers, whether permanent, contract, outsourced, or with other forms of employment relationships, to come to the Blok 15 Service Post. Workers are expected to bring identification and documents related to their employment relationship so that the data collection and verification process can be carried out more quickly.
Previously, the government assured that former Hotel Sultan employees would not be disadvantaged after the execution process was successfully carried out. Deputy Minister of the State Secretariat, Juri Ardiantoro, requested that PPKGBK register and pay attention to the fate of the affected workers. “We from the Ministry of the State Secretariat ask PPKGBK not only to register them, but to truly pay attention to the fate of these Hotel Sultan workers. So the point is we do not want them to become victims after this asset takeover,” Juri said at Hotel Sultan, Jakarta, on Thursday (18/6).
Juri said the former employees would be invited to communicate, and he opened the possibility for them to continue activities at GBK. “So we want to humanise them. We will register them, invite them to communicate, and invite them to continue activities at GBK. So do not worry about the employees, and we have opened the widest possible communication channels, we have opened a post, we have opened a line for them to communicate directly with PPKGBK,” he said.
On Thursday, the Central Jakarta District Court successfully executed the eviction of the land occupied by Hotel Sultan, located in Blok 15 of the GBK area. The execution process was marred by unrest, with masses opposing the eviction throwing stones and bottled water at officers. As a result of the unrest, police arrested 119 people. Police confirmed that the hundred or so people arrested were not Hotel Sultan employees. Additionally, 29 people were reported injured due to the unrest, including members of the Indonesian National Police, the Indonesian National Armed Forces, and civilians.