The Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama still has a handful of issues confronting him—the biggest one of all is the controversial Jakarta Bay Island Reclamation project. But in last week, Ahok was once again confronted with a scandalous land procurement case. This time, the problematic parcel of land is located in West Cengkareng, West Jakarta. The 4.6 hectare-plot of land was bought for the construction of public housing flats. The Jakarta Housing Department spent Rp648 billion to buy the parcel of land from the supposed civilian owner, but it later turned out that the land actually belonged to the Department of Marine, Agriculture and Food Security (DKPKP) of the Jakarta Administration.To subscribe please click here
