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Jakarta finds alleged fraud case in West Cengkareng land procurement
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Residents search for information at the Jakarta Integrated Land Service in Jakarta on June 30. (Antara/Aprilio Akbar)
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he Jakarta legal bureau is investigating an alleged case of fraud carried out by the woman who claims to own the land in West Cengkareng, West Jakarta, which is currently at the center of a scandal that has rocked the Jakarta’s Housing and Government Building Agency.
Toeti Noezlar Soekarno, who claimed to own the 4.6 hectares of land purchased by the city administration for Rp 648 billion (US$48 million) last year, allegedly forged the documents to apply for land ownership certificates (SHM) at the State Land Agency (BPN) in 2014 and 2015, Jakarta's legal bureau chief Haratua Purba said on Thursday.
“We checked if the SHM is original. The required documents used to obtain the SHM were fake. We submitted the findings to the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Corps [Bareskrim] on Wednesday,” Haratua said at the City Hall.
Based on the finding, it was also revealed that Toeti had claimed to own girik (customary land appointments) of 5.1 hectares land in total, of which the city purchased 4.6 hectares. Toeti is alleged to have pretended to lose the girik certificate and reported the loss to police, Haratua added.
Police then issued an official 'missing letter' for the girik certificate which Toetie then allegedly used to apply for land certification. The agency granted the request, issuing three land certificates for Toeti, explained Haratua.
The land procurement case is the latest scandal to have hit the city administration, following the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) finding that suggested the West Cengkareng land procurement had caused state loss, citing that the land was in fact owned by the city’s Fisheries and Maritime Agency. (rin)
