Deputy Governor Riza's Response After Knowing DKI Prosecutor's Office Names Suspect In The Cipayung Land Mafia Case

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has named a suspect in the land acquisition case in Cipayung, East Jakarta, which used the DKI Jakarta Parks and Forest Service budget.

Responding to this, the Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, admitted that his party had completely handed over the investigation of the land mafia case to law enforcement officials.

"Regarding the land issue which is currently being investigated, we will leave it to the legal apparatus. The provincial government supports various efforts by the legal apparatus so that all problems can be resolved," Riza told reporters, Wednesday, June 15.

Regarding the case involving the DKI Parks and Forests Office, Riza admitted that his party would conduct an internal evaluation.

He claimed that the DKI Jakarta Inspectorate also routinely supervises the program run by the subordinates of the DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan.

"Regularly, the Inspectorate always monitors, evaluates and supervises. For anyone who is guilty of course there will be sanctions. We also ask that all levels of the Provincial Government can carry out their duties properly without KKN," he said.

Previously, the Head of the Legal Information Section (Kasipenkum) of the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office, Ashari Syam, said that two suspects had been named on June 13 for the land mafia case for land acquisition in Cipayung.

The two suspects have the initials LD as a notary and MTT who acts as a land mafia. Based on an investigation conducted, in 2018, the DKI Jakarta Parks and Forestry Service carried out land acquisition in Setu Village, Cipayung District, East Jakarta for eight land owners for the purpose of developing green open space (RTH).

In the implementation of land acquisition at the RT 008 RW 003 location, there was no land acquisition planning document, then there was no map of information on the city plan from the City Planning Service, then there was no request for asset information to the Regional Asset Management Agency (BPAD), and there was no approval. from the Governor of DKI Jakarta Province.

"From the results of the investigation, in the land acquisition process there was cooperation between the suspect LD, the suspect MTT and other parties so that the land in Setu Village, Cipayung District can be freed by the Jakarta Parks and Forestry Service," said Ashari.

Then, the suspect LD, together with other parties, have arranged and/or set prices for eight owners of nine plots of land in Setu Village, Cipayung District, East Jakarta.

The land owner should only receive compensation for land acquisition of Rp. 1.6 million per square meter, but based on the role of each suspect, the Forestry Service and DKI Jakarta Province finally spent an average of Rp. 2.7 million per square meter.

"The total money paid by the DKI Provincial Forestry Service was Rp. 46,499,550,000. While the total money received by the land owner was only Rp. 28,729,340,317, so the remaining money from land acquisition enjoyed by the suspects and other parties amounted to Rp. 17,770,209. .683," he said.

Ashari explained, the money was then distributed to a number of parties, including the DKI Jakarta Provincial Forestry Service and other parties through the suspect MTT.