Resident complains about compensation

Resident complains about compensation

JAKARTA (JP): Agus Yanuar Ayub, a resident of Slipi subdistrict in West Jakarta, filed a complaint with the City Council over unpaid compensation for his land.

Agus told the City Council's Commission A, which is in charge of government affairs, security and public order, that a developer, PT Centralindo Panca Sakti, appropriated his land without paying compensation to him as the owner.

"I have never received any compensation from the company even though I own the land and I have legal papers to prove it," Agus said.

He said that in 1983 he permitted local people to use the 332 square-meter land he owned on Jl. GII RT 008/02 in Slipi subdistrict to build a road leading to a school building adjacent to the land.

"I bought the land in 1973 and have never sold it," he said, reiterating that he has all the legal papers to prove that the land belongs to him.

Agus said that the problem began in 1991 when the developer appropriated the school together with the road. The developer once promised to pay him compensation for the road, but up to now Agus has never received it.

"I learned from the West Jakarta office of the National Land Agency that the developer paid compensation to the city administration through an official of the city administration," Agus said.

"I don't understand why the developer paid the compensation to him," he said.

A member of the commission, Romulus Sihombing, said he will summons the developer and the officer of the municipality to resolve the matter. (yns)