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        "id": 1072237,
        "msgid": "activists-condemn-city-administration-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-11-07 00:00:00",
        "title": "Activists condemn city administration",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Activists condemn city administration The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Activists criticized on Tuesday the city administration's policy on the eviction of poor urban people, including those living along riverbanks here. Tubagus H. Karbyanto, spokesman of the Antieviction Society Alliance, said the eviction policy showed that the administration had never regarded the poor as city residents.",
        "content": "<p>Activists condemn city administration<\/p>\n<p>The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Activists criticized on Tuesday the city administration's<br>\npolicy on the eviction of poor urban people, including those<br>\nliving along riverbanks here.<\/p>\n<p>Tubagus H. Karbyanto, spokesman of the Antieviction Society<br>\nAlliance, said the eviction policy showed that the administration<br>\nhad never regarded the poor as city residents.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance comprises seven nongovernmental organizations:<br>\nJakarta Social Institute (ISJ), Jakarta Legal Aid Institute<br>\n(LBH), the Voluntary Team for Humanity (TRUK), Jakarta Residents<br>\nForum (FAKTA), STOVIA UI, the Common Peoples' Welfare Foundation<br>\n(YKRS) and Jakarta Social Youth (PSJ).<\/p>\n<p>\"The administration will never cope with the problems if it<br>\ncontinues to demolish slums or crack down on becak (pedicabs)<br>\nwithout providing a solution,\" he told The Jakarta Post after<br>\naddressing a media conference on the eviction of poor people by<br>\nthe administration.<\/p>\n<p>Tubagus said that before evicting people, the administration<br>\nought to discuss it beforehand with the people concerned.<\/p>\n<p>It was hoped that the administration would also provide<br>\nalternative places or jobs for them.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's not fair if they (the poor) are evicted just like that.<br>\nWhat will happen to their families? How will they survive?\" he<br>\nasked, adding that eviction of the poor could lead to an increase<br>\nin crime.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tubagus, the administration had manipulated the<br>\ncity budget in evicting the poor.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports said that the city administration had<br>\nallocated about Rp 36 billion in funding for public order<br>\noperations against pedicab drivers, street vendors, prostitutes<br>\nand transvestites.<\/p>\n<p>The city administration claimed that it had confiscated more<br>\nthan 11,000 becak during operations from August to October this<br>\nyear.<\/p>\n<p>Since last month, the administration has demolished slums at<br>\nriverbanks around the city in order to minimize the impact of<br>\nflooding during the rainy season.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people were left homeless, as their houses in<br>\nEast Ancol and Pejagalan in North Jakarta were demolished<br>\nrecently. The city administration refused to pay any compensation<br>\nto the people as they were accused of illegally occupied the land.<\/p>",
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