Ripping off Seenaknya
It is a disaster that I never expected. I know Bali since 15 years and I am extremely careful. I made sure that there was a road in the data of the BPN, made them come, met the neighbors, informed the kelian adat and kelian dinas about my project of building a house. Got an paper signed from them that they will not oppose to the building , got the project signed by the kepala desa who today tells me that what is happening now is normal and I m very lucky to pay only 60 millions for a hak guna pakai jalan that i don t need because no one own that road and for a pembebasan lahan (contribution because the land that I bought doesn t own someone from the village (????) ) . There is no logic, no limit , here is the danger. And I do have experienced the barbary of angry Indonesian, thoses who have seen How africans `solve` conflicts by cutting off limbs will understand.....
The answer from the Kepala desa is shocking : even one or 2 persons have the right to make a rule in the name of all the others masyarakat under the cover of the ADAT and the masyarakat deeply believe that ADAT is above the law. In reality it is, but the ADAT doesn t involve in property deals, adat is religion not mafia, how can they blacken the image of their own culture and disrespect their religion so badly just to justify illegal wishes ?
Adat must remains adat and if we allow them using social religious terms for such matters, there is no limit anymore.
Unfortunately I am trapped, I spent hundreds of millions in the construction and it s only half way..... The problem is not the contribution , even this crazy amount asked, I am not crying for the money I will pay, but the way is is happening....the mafia system wrongly secured by a word: ADAT.
Kalau mulai seperti itu, setiap masyarakat di atas namakan ADAT bisa seenaknya. It is deeply shocking.
None of us is safe anymore because the system of that mafia is to let you do everything and even sign authorisations, agreements, then when you can t go back anymore, then come the bill. That is so unacceptable. If I see nothing can change this , it is my responsibility to inform every foreigner/ investor to not invest anymore in Bali because there is no way out. They wait until you can t go back, then threatens you. If you were about to sign a contract today, whatever the agreement, legal documents, know you are not safe. They can come with amounts reaching 200 000 $ (mafia contribution) So if you don t have that extra money just in case, never ever think about investing in Bali. You might ruin your whole life. It doesn t always happen but the risk is too serious to ignore.
I absolutely oppose any human being using the religion to terrorize or extort money be it for personal use or community needs.
I ll let you know if there is a way out or if really, after booming too fast , Bali is badly on its fall.
It is a disaster that I never expected. I know Bali since 15 years and I am extremely careful. I made sure that there was a road in the data of the BPN, made them come, met the neighbors, informed the kelian adat and kelian dinas about my project of building a house. Got an paper signed from them that they will not oppose to the building , got the project signed by the kepala desa who today tells me that what is happening now is normal and I m very lucky to pay only 60 millions for a hak guna pakai jalan that i don t need because no one own that road and for a pembebasan lahan (contribution because the land that I bought doesn t own someone from the village (????) ) . There is no logic, no limit , here is the danger. And I do have experienced the barbary of angry Indonesian, thoses who have seen How africans `solve` conflicts by cutting off limbs will understand.....
The answer from the Kepala desa is shocking : even one or 2 persons have the right to make a rule in the name of all the others masyarakat under the cover of the ADAT and the masyarakat deeply believe that ADAT is above the law. In reality it is, but the ADAT doesn t involve in property deals, adat is religion not mafia, how can they blacken the image of their own culture and disrespect their religion so badly just to justify illegal wishes ?
Adat must remains adat and if we allow them using social religious terms for such matters, there is no limit anymore.
Unfortunately I am trapped, I spent hundreds of millions in the construction and it s only half way..... The problem is not the contribution , even this crazy amount asked, I am not crying for the money I will pay, but the way is is happening....the mafia system wrongly secured by a word: ADAT.
Kalau mulai seperti itu, setiap masyarakat di atas namakan ADAT bisa seenaknya. It is deeply shocking.
None of us is safe anymore because the system of that mafia is to let you do everything and even sign authorisations, agreements, then when you can t go back anymore, then come the bill. That is so unacceptable. If I see nothing can change this , it is my responsibility to inform every foreigner/ investor to not invest anymore in Bali because there is no way out. They wait until you can t go back, then threatens you. If you were about to sign a contract today, whatever the agreement, legal documents, know you are not safe. They can come with amounts reaching 200 000 $ (mafia contribution) So if you don t have that extra money just in case, never ever think about investing in Bali. You might ruin your whole life. It doesn t always happen but the risk is too serious to ignore.
I absolutely oppose any human being using the religion to terrorize or extort money be it for personal use or community needs.
I ll let you know if there is a way out or if really, after booming too fast , Bali is badly on its fall.
