Pellindo II resolves Jakarta land issues with ancestral leaders

Pelindo II president director RJ Lino was quoted as saying that under a memorandum of understanding signed with the heir’s lawyer on 4 July, Mbah Priok’s tomb would not be dismantled.

The company also agreed to support the development of the tomb into a pilgrimage site and construct a 400m access road between the Cilincing toll road and the tomb in addition to building a parking lot for pilgrims with a capacity of 80 buses.

“I’m glad we have finally reached an agreement after long negotiations,” Lino said.

The dispute between Pelindo II and the heirs of Mbah Priok started in 1997 and erupted in riots in 2010 when Pelindo II took steps to implement International Ship and Port Facility Security, (ISPS) standards requiring the port to be free from all public activities.

The tomb and the land are located within Pelindo II’s 145-hectare plot of land and the heirs had voiced concern that Pelindo II's expansion would mean the 20-square-meter tomb of historical Islamic figure Mbah Priok — as well as illegal buildings on a nearby 300-square-meter plot of land — would be demolished.