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Court ruling eases Jakarta’s efforts to build world class stadium
Jakarta Administrative High Court (PTTUN) has ruled in favor of the Jakarta administration over the land dispute at the location of the BMW Stadium project
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A local resident passes the location for the BMW Stadium construction on his motorbike in North Jakarta on May, 15. (Antara/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)
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onstruction of the BMW Stadium in Papanggo district, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, seems to be going ahead as the Jakarta Administrative High Court (PTTUN) has ruled in favor of the Jakarta administration over the land dispute at the location of the project.
The site has seen three groundbreaking ceremonies because of the land dispute. The most recent one was by current Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan back in May this year, after his predecessors Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Djarot Saiful Hidayat did so in 2014 and 2017, respectively.
The plot for the project, situated on the BMW Park was initially designed as a green area during the city’s Bersih, Manusiawi, Wibawa (clean, humane, esteemed) program in the 1960s.
In 1994, the city administration claimed it had acquired the land by consignment funds at the North Jakarta District Court, establishing it as the legal owner of the land.
In 2014, private developer PT Buana Permata Hijau (BPH) filed a civil suit at the Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN) alleging that the two land use permit certificates (SHP) No. 250/Kelurahan Papanggo and No. 251/Kelurahan Papanggo covering 10.7 hectares of land overlapped with BPH’s plot.
In 2015, the court initially ruled in favor of BPH but later the city administration filed an appeal that was accepted by the court.
In 2017, the North Jakarta Land Agency then issued land use certificates No. 314/Kelurahan Papanggo and No. 314/Kelurahan Papanggo to update the previous two certificates.
