Subdistrict head takes bribery

Subdistrict head takes bribery

JAKARTA (JP): The subdistrict head of Pesanggrahan, South
Jakarta, has allegedly forced residents to give him 1.5 percent
of the compensation money they received for their property, which
has been appropriated for an outer ring road project.

The residents claim that the subdistrict head, identified only
as Abd. Cha, refuses to sign the documents necessary for the
residents to claim their payments until he is compensated,
Antara reported Saturday.

"He asked my wife for 1.5 percent of the money we expect to
receive from the land acquisition committee," a resident, who
asked not to be identified, wrote to Antara on Friday.

He said that the amount asked for from his wife amounts to
more than Rp 10 million.

According to the residents, the subdistrict head has asked
each family in the RW 01 neighborhood and other subdistrict
residents for amounts between Rp 700,000 and Rp 2 million,
claiming that the money would be used to pay the officials who
process the land ownership documents.