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Reclaimed island customer detained over defamation allegation
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The reclamation project activity in Jakarta Bay as seen on Dec. 15, 2015. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
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property buyer on a reclaimed islet off Jakarta's north coast was detained on Friday after developer of islet C and D PT Kapuk Naga Indah filed a defamation case against her.
Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono confirmed the arrest, saying the suspect, Lucia, will undergo confinement for 20 days, starting on Friday.
The dispute started in a meeting between PT Kapuk Naga Indah and property buyers on Dec. 9 last year. A commotion started when buyers questioned the status of their permits and rights for their paid-for properties.
After a recording of the meeting went viral on social media, Agung Sedayu Group, as PT Kapuk Naga Indah’s parent company, filed a police report through their lawyer, Lenny Marlina, on Dec.11.
Meanwhile, Lucia, who paid off two units of property, argued that while she indeed said the words “the developers are irresponsible,” she did not mean it as defamation or slander, as she felt that she had good reasoning.
“When we first purchased the property, we understood that they [the developers] had permits. We asked them to show the permits,” said Lucia, adding that consumers only found out that the developer did not obtain the necessary permits after the ongoing construction had been suspended.
“As a consumer I have the right to ask. But now even asking is not allowed,” she said.(jlm)
