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    "data": {
        "id": 1682707,
        "msgid": "end-rempang-conflict-with-integrated-residential-area-built-for-residents-1776387053",
        "date": "2026-04-17 07:00:00",
        "title": "End Rempang Conflict with Integrated Residential Area Built for Residents",
        "author": "Hilda B Alexander",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Minister of Transmigration M Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara has outlined a plan to resolve the Rempang land conflict by constructing integrated residential settlements for affected residents as part of a local transmigration programme. The conflict arose from a proposed 16,000-hectare investment by Chinese investors, encompassing forest and community lands, leading to evictions and disputes. This approach not only provides comprehensive facilities including schools, markets, and waste processing but also attracts new solar energy investments expected to create over 20,000 jobs, far exceeding the local population, ensuring sustainable economic benefits.",
        "content": "<p>Minister of Transmigration (Mentrans) M Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara\nhas revealed the approach to resolving the Rempang residents\u2019 conflict\nthrough the construction of an integrated settlement. Iftitah explained\nthat the conflict in Rempang originated from an investment plan on land\nspanning approximately 16,000 hectares, consisting of forest areas and\ncommunity and state lands. \u201cIn Rempang, there are 16,000 hectares. 8,000\nhectares are forest, and 8,000 hectares are community and state land.\nThen a Chinese investor came, wanting to invest, and the community was\nevicted. In the end, a conflict occurred,\u201d he stated during the export\ndispatch in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Thursday (16\/4\/2026). According\nto him, this situation reflects a common issue in various regions of\nIndonesia, where land is not yet optimally utilised but has the\npotential to trigger conflicts when developed. To address this, the\ngovernment, through the local transmigration programme, is building\nintegrated settlement units for the affected communities. \u201cWith the\nlocal transmigration programme, we are creating integrated settlement\nunits,\u201d he said. Iftitah explained that in this concept, the community\nis not only relocated but also provided with complete facilities.\nAdditionally, the settlement area is equipped with infrastructure such\nas concrete roads, educational facilities from primary school to\nvocational high school, markets, and waste processing facilities. \u201cThe\nroads are already concrete, then there are primary schools, junior high\nschools, senior high schools, vocational high schools, then there are\nmarkets, waste and rubbish processing sites, then there is a dock\nbecause it\u2019s by the sea, then there is assistance for boats,\u201d he said.\nIftitah added that the development of this ecosystem also opens up new\ninvestment opportunities. Currently, there are investors planning to\ndevelop solar energy with an export market to Singapore. This investment\nis estimated to absorb more than 20,000 workers, far greater than the\nRempang population of around 9,800 people. \u201cIf that investment comes,\nthere will be no unemployment in Rempang, even in Batam,\u201d said Iftitah.\nHe emphasised that this integrated settlement approach will become a\nmodel to be developed in the future, so that communities not only get\nhousing but also sustainable economic benefits.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/end-rempang-conflict-with-integrated-residential-area-built-for-residents-1776387053",
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