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Jakarta City to File Appeal After Losing Disputed Land Case
Ronna Nirmala | February 18, 2012

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DrDez
7:23am Feb 19, 2012

so another $43million of our tax money will be paid out because of govt incompetence

This will be about the 5th such case in recent months. We have paid out to Malaysia twice, we have paid out to two international companies also


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The Jakarta administration will file for a final appeal with the Supreme Court after losing the latest battle in its legal war with Porta Nigra over the rights to 44 hectares of land in Meruya Selatan, West Jakarta.

“We will continue to push on and file for legal review [PK] with the Supreme Court,” Jakarta administration [DKI] secretary Fadjar Panjaitan said on Friday.

A PK would be DKI’s final legal recourse. To put the process into effect, DKI would have to produce new evidence.

Fadjar said his office would gather the necessary evidence in the next few weeks.

The court ruled that DKI pay Rp 391 billion ($43.4 million) to Porta Nigra in compensation.

The dispute began in 1972 when Porta bought the land. It turned out, though, that the land broker, Juhri, in collusion with then subdistrict head Ahmad bin Siming, had used fake certificates to sell the land to several parties, including DKI. Juhri and Ahmad were found guilty of the crime and sentenced to jail.

But Porta, trying to claim back the land it had bought, filed a lawsuit against DKI in 1996.

In 1997, the West Jakarta District Court ruled in favor of Porta, ordering all parties to empty the land. A subsequent court decision also favored the company.

However, it had been more than two decades since the original dispute, and the land in question was now occupied by housing complexes, government office buildings and public facilities.

Porta’s claims to ownership have at times been met with resistance from residents there.

The case highlights the chaotic situation of land ownership in the capital city.

Often, different people have certificates for the same plot; such a situation can end in disputes and even violent brawls between the opposing groups.

Disputes over land rights are a common issue all over Indonesia, especially between large companies and individuals.