Latest on the West Cengkareng Land Mafia Case 

Six years ago, when the DKI Jakarta province was still led by Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, a scandalous case was made public. In 2015, to construct public housing flats, the Jakarta Housing Department had spent Rp648 billion to buy a parcel of land from a supposed civilian owner. It later turned out that the land belonged to the Department of Marine, Agriculture and Food Security (DKPKP) of the Jakarta Administration. The regional government apparently bought their own land. Earlier this year, the National Police’s Criminal Investigative Unit (Bareskrim POLRI) announced two suspects in this case. Recently, POLRI said they expand the investigation to allegation of money laundering and had confiscated numbers of assets worth Rp700 billion.