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View all search resultsA joint statement supported by 39 individuals and institutions has called on Yogyakarta Governor Hamengkubuwono to revoke a Yogyakarta regional head instruction on land ownership for “non-native” Indonesians. The instruction, which was issued in 1975, prohibits Chinese-Indonesians in Yogyakarta from owning land in the province.
The Yogyakarta Indonesian Ombudsman (ORI Yogyakarta) says a 1975 Yogyakarta deputy gubernatorial instruction cannot be used as a legal basis for the State Land Agency (BPN) to reject the registration of land ownership status transfers requested by Chinese-Indonesians.
The government has yet completed acquiring land in several locations in Jakarta and its neighboring cities for the Greater Jakarta light rapid transit project, which has secured Rp 29.9 trillion (US$2.24 billion) in investments.
The National Land Agency (BPN) has refused the demand made by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to cancel all building-use permits (HGBs) issued for buildings on the controversial man-made islets of C, D and G in Jakarta Bay.
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