Mismanaged state assets sources of corruption  Ridwan Max
Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta  Take a sightseeing trip in
any major city or other urban area and you will perhaps find on
a piece of deserted land or unoccupied buildings placards
reading, ""Tanah ini milik Depsos"" (this land belongs to the
Social Affairs Ministry), ""Tanah ini milik Kostrad"" (this land
belongs to the Army's Strategic Reserves Command), or ""Gedung
kosong ini milik Dinas Pertambangan"" (this deserted building
belongs to the local mining and energy ministry office).  A
question will immediately spring to mind: Do such state assets
belong to government offices and do the latter have the right to
sell state assets to third parties?  The Indonesian Air Force
had already sold its headquarters, located at a strategic site
on Jl. Gatot Subroto, Jakarta, to the private sector before it
moved to Cilangkap several years ago. The police in Bandung,
West Java, are still negotiating with a holding group on the
ruislag (sale) of personnel acc