The Land Certificate Case Befalling Dino Patti Djalal, Sofyan Djalil: The Land Mafia Is Still On The Ground

Dino Patti Djalal. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The case of forgery of land certificates has occurred again. The mother of an advisor to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy who was also a former spokesman for the President in the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), Dino Patti Djalal, was a victim of fraud by the land mafia gang and suffered a loss of IDR 150 billion.

The Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning or the Head of the State Land Agency Sofyan Djalil raised his voice regarding the case of land belonging to Dino Patti Djalal's family, which could change names without any buying and selling process. He said that this case made his party aware of the existence of the land mafia.

"With Pak Dino appearing in public, this makes us aware that the land mafia is still hanging around. Although many have been arrested in Jakarta, Banten, Sumatra, North Sumatra, usually the criminals are recidivists," he said, in a virtual press conference, Thursday. , 11 February.

In Dino's case, the land mafia gang came to his parents' residence and made a deposit to convince him. One of the houses to be sold was worth Rp. 20 billion and the perpetrators gave a down payment of Rp. 2 billion.

The land mafia gang then borrowed the certificate after Dino's parents received the deposit. The pretext is to check with a notary. But in reality, it is pawned or faked.

"The public must be careful. Do not give certificates. Because certificates are securities. These criminals are good at making various efforts," he said.

Not only that, Sofyan also warned that people who want to conduct land sale and purchase transactions must be with known parties. This is to avoid cases like that experienced by Dino Patti Djalal's family.

"If you do a transaction, do transactions with parties or notaries who are truly trusted, who are really known. If you are not known, you need to be extra careful," he said.

Regarding the case experienced by Dino's family, Sofyan emphasized that he would conduct investigations with notaries and land deed maker officials (PPAT).

"Although I said that if a notary is involved we will investigate, if we investigate PPAT, if he is not careful we will take disciplinary action against PPAT," he said.

Previously, through his social media account, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dino Patti Djalal said that his mother was a victim of a plot to thieves land certificates. The house certificate has suddenly changed its name to someone else in the National Land Agency (BPN) without his knowledge.

"In order for the public to be alert: another gang of my family's house was looted by a gang of house certificate thieves. My mother's house certificate had changed names at BPN even though there was no AJB, there were no transactions and even no meeting with my mother," he wrote, quoted on Thursday, 11 February.

To alert the public: another of my family's house was looted by a gang of house certificate thieves. I knew that my mother's house certificate had changed names at BPN even though there was no AJB, there were no transactions or even no meeting with my mother. pic.twitter.com/Je1mU7C8xu

- Dino Patti Djalal (@dinopattidjalal) February 9, 2021

Then, Dino explained that the mode of the plot to steal the land certificate was by making fake ID cards, colluding with black brokers and fake notaries, and putting up a 'photo-like ID card' figure who was paid to act as the owner of a fake ID. They are said to have targeted a number of houses for their not young mothers.

"Today, the police have begun investigating the case of my mother's house (see photo) and chasing the perpetrator. As a family of the victim, as a taxpayer, I ask the police to eradicate this gang professionally, quickly + thoroughly, especially the brain / leader #berantasmafiatanah," he said. .

The Chief Advisor to the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno asked the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan and the Head of the Metro Jaya Regional Police to arrest all land mafia conspirators whose work is increasingly detrimental to the community.