Occurring Repeated Times, Ahok Calls The Looting Of Rusunawa Marunda Due To The Supervision Of The DKI Provincial Government Not Optimal

Ahok after the Ask Ahok Anything Offline (VOI/Diah Ayu Wardani) event.

JAKARTA - The former governor of DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok), said that the looting in Rusunawa Marunda, North Jakarta had occurred for a long time.

In fact, when he only served as Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta in 2013, the looting of Rusunawa Marunda had occurred.

"I was in Jakarta for the first time, do you remember or not when Pluit broke, the flood in Latuharhari? It turned out that Marunda Flats had been looted," Ahok said when met in Central Jakarta, Saturday, June 22, 2024.

If the looting of Rusunawa Marunda happened again and again, Ahok assessed that the DKI Provincial Government has not yet been optimal in monitoring and securing its assets.

"So, for me, it's just repeating what happened first that was not monitored properly," said Ahok.

"It was all looted, until the ceramics, ceramics, doors, windows, everything was looted. So, I don't know, how come it happened again," he said.

For information, a number of building assets in Rusunawa Marunda have been looted many times. The theft objects include doors, ceilings, windows, toilets, sinks, and frames. Marunda Rusunawa currently only remains in the skeleton and building debris.

Rusunawa Marunda's condition is no longer livable. The occupants of Rusunawa Marunda had previously been recoiled to the Nagrak Flat. The occupants were also used by the perpetrators of the looting.

The DKI Provincial Government also plans to knock down the Rusunawa Marunda building, which is now no longer inhabited by residents.

The Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Housing and Settlement Area Office, Afan Adriansyah Idris, said that the residential condition, which is located in Cilincing District, North Jakarta, is no longer feasible.

The emptying of Rusunawa Marunda, which has been carried out since September 2023, also followed up on recommendations from the results of structural research from BRIN which stated that the condition was dangerous. Thus, the DKI Provincial Government decided to remove the assets of Rusunawa Marunda.

"Regarding the above, I can inform you that the building in question has its position vacated. Furthermore, the removal process will be carried out," Afan told reporters, Friday, June 21, 2024.