KPK Encourages Recovery Of 3 Bandung City Government Assets Worth IDR 3.4 Trillion Including Zoo Land

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BANDUNG - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is pushing for the recovery of three problematic assets of the City Government (Pemkot) of Bandung, West Java, worth Rp. 3.4 trillion.

"KPK continues to encourage the restoration of troubled assets in the Bandung City Government. Assets that should belong to the government must then be returned to the state with authority. No one should own or control them," said Director of Coordination and Supervision of Region II KPK Yudhiawan as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, September 7th.

The KPK, represented by the Director of Coordination and Supervision for Region II together with the Mayor of Bandung, the Head of the Bandung City Land Office (Kantah), the West Java High Prosecutor's Assistant, and the Head of the Bandung City District Attorney made a field visit to three Bandung City Government assets that were problematic or in dispute.

The three assets, namely zoo land covering an area of 139,943 square meters (m2) located at Jalan Tamansari/Jalan Zoo Number 6, Lebak Siliwangi Village, Coblong District, Bandung City, worth Rp. 2.4 trillion.

Then, assets in the form of the former Jatayu Molek area of 75,689 m2 worth Rp564 billion and Traffic Park land assets of 34,965 m2 worth Rp458.9 billion. Thus, the total value of the three assets with the Tax Object Selling Value (NJOP) in 2021 is estimated at IDR 3.4 trillion.

The field visit is intended to measure the object of the asset as well as the installation of signposts at two location points with BPN and related officials. The effort was carried out as concrete steps to recover assets claimed by certain parties and returned to the government.

The KPK, continued Yudhiawan, realizes that the resolution of problematic assets requires synergy and joint collaboration as well as consistent efforts so that the agency together with the Prosecutor's Office, BPN, and Bandung Kantah will continue to assist the Bandung City Government.

Meanwhile, the Mayor of Bandung Oded Muhammad Danial expressed his hope that he could continue to be supported to gradually resolve other Bandung City Government assets that are also problematic.

He noted that in 2021 there were a total of ten locations of land belonging to the Bandung City Government that had problems, namely the Bandung Zoo, Cigending Village Office, Gumuruh TPU, Babakansari Beaconlight Tower, Sor Gedebage South Area, replacement land for SDN Cikadut, former Binong Village Office and KUA Office. Batununggal District, Traffic Park, former RPH Jalan Setiabudi, and the former Jatayu Molek area.

"Of the ten problems, three of them will be visited today and one of the other locations, God willing, has been completed with the issuance of a certificate of use of the Cigending Village office," said Oded.

Based on the explanation from the Regional Finance and Assets Agency (BKAD) of the City of Bandung, the land assets of the Bandung Zoo were purchased by the government in the period 1920 to 1939. The Bandung Zoo was managed by the Taman Margasatwa Tamansari Foundation based on several letters of land lease agreements starting in 1970 and has been several times be extended.

Finally, based on the Decree of the Mayor of Bandung Number 593 dated June 28, 2004 with the validity period of the permit from December 1, 2002 to November 30, 2007. However, in 2014 there were parties who claimed ownership of most of the land at the Bandung Zoo.