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View all search resultsJakarta cheated in land purchase: Ahok
“We suspected that we had purchased our own land. The city’s land certificate in West Cengkareng may have been forged,” Ahok said at City Hall on Thursday
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Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama at his office in City Hall in Jakarta. (kompas.com/Kurnia Sari Aziza)
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akarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama has acknowledged irregularities in the acquisition of land in West Jakarta by the housing and building agency for the construction of low-cost apartments.
He slammed housing and building agency officials for the purchase of land in West Cengkareng, West Jakarta, owned by the fisheries, agriculture and food security agency.
“We suspected that we had purchased our own land. The city’s land certificate in West Cengkareng may have been forged,” Ahok said at City Hall on Thursday
Ahok learned of the irregularities after receiving a report on city finances for the 2015 fiscal year from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) on Thursday.
The governor believed that a “land mafia” was involved in the land acquisition.
City secretary Saefullah said both agencies were responsible for the land acquisition.
The land in Cengkareng is owned by the fisheries, agriculture and food security agency , according to a land deed issued in 2013. “There are people who have claimed the land as theirs. The agency’s negligence allowed this happened,” Saefullah said.
He also blamed the housing agency for not checking the background of the land before the transaction took place with people who claimed the land worth Rp 600 billion (US$44.89 million) as theirs.
The people who claimed to own the land were reportedly going to sue the city administration for having not paid Rp 200 billion of the Rp 600 billion transaction.
“A crime took place. The BPK has started investigating the irregularities,” Saefullah said. (bbn)
