Jakarta Provincial Government Considers Buying Ex-Foreign Minister Which Are Sold By Online

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo: Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said he will check the house of former Foreign Minister Achmad Soebardjo Djojoadisoerjo whether it belongs to the cultural heritage or not.

The old model house located at Cikini Raya Street No. 82, Menteng, Central Jakarta is currently being sold by the heirs through advertisements on social media. If it belongs to cultural heritage, the government can buy it.

"Later in the internal, we will check, whether it enters the cultural heritage or not, heritage or not. If so, we'll find a solution later. Whether it should be the central government that buys, whether the dki provincial government buys, and for what", Riza said at Balai Kota DKI, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, April 13.

But, Riza also hopes that there are private parties who buy the house without completely overhauling the existing conditions. According to Riza, the house better functions as a tourist attraction.

"Hopefully there are friends from the private sector who want to buy, make it as a museum, as a place of culture, a place of tourism, and so on. It needs good cooperation", he said.

Initially, an Instagram account selling houses, Kristohouse advertised the sale of photos of Achmad Soebardjo Djojoadisoerjo's house, which is currently owned by his heirs.

"For sale, the old house in a strategic location, commercial zone, can be for an 8-story building", wrote the Kristohouse account.

The sale of this house is worth IDR200 billion. The house was once the first office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the early era of independence. After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office was built, the house became the private residence of the Soebardjo family.

Many netizens wondered if the house was remodeled to build a multi-story building.

"Hopefully it can be preserved and maintained aesthetic value, the building of the former Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs", wrote @mandasafiera account.

"Don't be destroyed. It's good, it should be restored for the museum", said account @swinasis.