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Tangerang regent says there's no 'mega-church' project
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Built in 1753, the Blenduk church is the oldest building in Kota Lama. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
T
angerang Regent Ahmed Zaki Iskandar denied that a permit had been issued for the construction of what could be the biggest church in Southeast Asia.
He added that his administration only gave the go-ahead for the opening of a school on the land purported to be allocated for the church.
"There is indeed a permit for the construction of a school building, but for the church the regency administration never got a request for a permit, especially for the Sindang Jaya church," Zaki said as quoted by tempo.co, referring the mega-church, which would be constructed in Alam Sutra, in Tangerang, Banten.
Rumors have been circulating in Tangerang communities that a mega-church is expected to be built on the location allocated for Santa Laurensia school, and that a protest is expected to take place this Friday to oppose the project.
Zaki said that news of the church was a hoax and urged the public not to take it seriously.
Pilonedi Sioangen, project manager for Santa Laurensia, said that the project commenced after it secured a permit from the regency administration.
"We have all the permits and we would not start the project if we did not have a permit," he said as quoted by tempo.co.
