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Supreme Court sides with Sentul City residents in tap water dispute
The court has revoked the developer's permit to manage Sentul City’s water treatment facility and to collect bills from residents.
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A man wears a white gorilla mask at a rally organized by Sentul City residents on April 30, 2018 against housing developer PT Sentul City's control of the water supply. (JP/ami)
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he Supreme Court has rejected a case review filed by PT Sentul City, a housing developer, in a tap water dispute with the Sentul City Residents’ Committee (KWSC) in Bogor, West Java.
The ruling, which was announced on the court’s official website mahkamahagung.go.id, was passed on Oct. 2.
KWSC lawyer and Sentul City resident Gita Paulina said on Tuesday that she looked forward to pushing all parties, particularly the Bogor regency administration, to obey the court’s ruling.
“We have been notified [about the ruling], but we have yet to receive an official copy,” she told The Jakarta Post.
The dispute between the KWSC and PT Sentul City concerns the tap water system in the housing complex, which is managed by the developer’s subsidiary, PT Sukaputra Graha Cemerlang (SGC).
The dispute began when residents realized the water bills they were paying were higher than what the regency-owned water company PDAM Tirta Kahuripan charged. While PDAM charged Rp 4,300 (30 US cents) per cubic meter, SGC charged the residents Rp 7,200 per cubic meter.
The residents accused PT Sentul City of illegally selling tap water and said the company threatened to cut off their water supply if they refused to pay the bills.
