Tapos certificate to be reviewed

Tapos certificate to be reviewed

BOGOR (JP): West Java Governor R. Nuriana said on Wednesday
the government would review the land use certificate for a cattle
ranch owned by former president Soeharto because the certificate
is valid only until next year.

"If the certificate cannot be extended due to complaints from
local residents, we will not extend the certificate," he said.

However, he reminded people that the ranch still was managed
by PT Tri-S, led by Soeharto's eldest daughter, Siti "Tutut"
Hardijanti Rukmana.

He called on people not to occupy the ranch because the firm
still had the right to use the land.

He said his administration would coordinate with related
parties to determine whether the ranch's land use certificate
would be extended.

Hundreds of local farmers occupied parts of the 750-hectare
ranch, located in a mountainous area of Bogor, a few months after
the resignation of Soeharto in May last year.

The farmers claimed Tri-S illegally appropriated their land in
the 1970s. (24/jun)