Grandson Of Conglomerate Mochtar Riady Will Be Summoned By PKP Minister Ara Regarding Meikarta Issues

Director of Lippo Group, John Riady. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) Maruarar Sirait (Ara) will summon Lippo Group Director John Riady next week regarding the settlement of Meikarta victims.

"I should have called Mr. John Riady this week, but he asked for permission because he was still abroad. So I will call again next week," said Ara in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Thursday, April 10.

Ara will summon the Director of Lippo Group, who is also the grandson of conglomerate Mochtar Riady, upon his return from Qatar after accompanying the President of the Republic of Indonesia on a visit to the Middle Eastern country.

"Yes, we'll see, I'll go to Qatar tomorrow, after I return from Qatar to adjust the time with Mr. John Riady for us to need a solution," he said.

The meeting, said Ara, would be open and covered by journalists.

"Yes, that's what I want to say, I will also invite all journalists openly later. We are not closed, everything is open," he said.

For information, the Ministry of PKP has again initiated a meeting between consumers and Meikarta developers to ensure that they will resolve the problem of compensation for victims of the Meikarta apartment project in Cikarang, West Java.

This meeting is a follow-up to the instructions of the Minister of PKP at the launch of the Integrated Housing Consumer Complaints for Educational Assistance and Friendly Assistance for Housing Consumer Complaints (TRUTUAL-PKP) some time ago.

At that time, Meikarta consumers were present and asked the Ministry of PKP for help to solve the problems they had faced for years where the housing units they had purchased had not materialized while they were still required to pay KPR every month and the amount was quite large.

One of Meikarta's consumers, Jeffry Victor, provides information regarding the problems he has faced so far.

"We were present based on information from Benar-PKP to get certainty that the Meikarta unit we paid with cash from 2017 so that we would immediately have it as soon as possible. We hope that today we will get the best answer for the unit that we will soon have or the money we have paid can be returned," said Jefry.

He said that the unit purchased was studio type 35/76 on the 1st floor at a price of around Rp. 286 million and cash had been paid.

However, at that time he was promised to get a unit in another tower in 2020 by re-signing the required documents. However, since then there has been no progress at all in its construction and discrepancies for the bedroom facility, which was promised by 2 bedrooms to 1 bedroom.

"We want the funds we have paid to be able to return. We are also grateful to the Ministry of PKP for helping us get our rights," he said.