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        "id": 1568512,
        "msgid": "bnpb-denies-sumatran-disaster-refugees-were-evicted-from-temporary-housing-1771928988",
        "date": "2026-02-24 15:21:00",
        "title": "BNPB Denies Sumatran Disaster Refugees Were Evicted from Temporary Housing",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has denied claims circulating on social media that disaster-affected residents in Aceh Tamiang were forced to return to evacuation tents after receiving keys to temporary housing units. As of early February, only 4,263 of the planned 17,499 temporary housing units across three Sumatran provinces have been completed, representing just 24 per cent of the total target.",
        "content": "<p>The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has responded to a\ncirculating video purportedly showing a disaster-affected resident\nclaiming she was asked to return to an evacuation tent after receiving\nthe keys to a temporary housing unit (huntara). According to BNPB Head\nof the Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Centre Abdul\nMuhari, the information is untrue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat certainly did not happen,\u201d he said in a statement quoted on\nTuesday, 24 February 2026. He admitted he had not yet seen the video\nfeaturing the disaster-affected resident from Aceh Tamiang.<\/p>\n<p>However, Abdul said that in principle, the government\u2019s construction\nof temporary housing is intended to provide shelter for displaced\npersons. \u201cThe temporary housing is precisely meant so that no one has to\nstay in evacuation tents any longer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The video in question, showing an elderly woman allegedly evicted\nfrom temporary housing, was uploaded by the Instagram account <span\nclass=\"citation\" data-cites=\"mufaiisme\">@mufaiisme<\/span>. The caption\nstated that a grandmother who had already received her temporary housing\nkeys was asked to return to living in an evacuation tent. The video had\nbeen viewed by 53,000 users and received 144 comments.<\/p>\n<p>The short video shows an elderly woman standing alone in front of an\norange evacuation tent. She is then asked by the person recording\nwhether she was told to return to the tent after receiving keys to\noccupy temporary housing. The woman simply nods in affirmation. The\nvideo does not identify who instructed the disaster-affected resident to\nreturn to the tent.<\/p>\n<p>Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian said he was not yet aware of the\nreports. \u201cSocial media sometimes differs from the facts on the ground. I\nwill look into it,\u201d Tito said on Sunday, 22 February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the Task Force for the Acceleration of\nPost-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Sumatra as of early\nFebruary, total temporary housing construction across the three\nprovinces reached 17,499 units, of which 4,263 had been completed,\nequivalent to 24 per cent of the total plan.<\/p>\n<p>In detail, Aceh Province has completed 3,248 units out of a total of\n15,934 planned temporary housing units. North Sumatra has recorded\nprogress of 539 completed units out of 947 planned, or 57 per cent. West\nSumatra meanwhile has 476 temporary housing units completed out of 618\nplanned, equivalent to 77 per cent.<\/p>",
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