Eviction victims block off road<\/p>\n
TANGERANG: Ten families from Karang Anyar village in Benda
\ndistrict, Tangerang municipality, blocked off Jl. Pembangunan III
\n-- one of the roads that leads to Soekarno-Hatta International
\nAirport from Jl. Daan Mogot -- for eight hours on Monday.<\/p>\n
The families sat in the middle of the street, which reopened
\nat 11 a.m. after local officials, police and representatives of
\nPT Angkasa Pura (PT AP), which manages the airport, negotiated
\nwith the demonstrators.<\/p>\n
The families blocked off the road because they had heard that
\nPT AP planned to evict them from their land, which measure about
\n1,000 square meters in total.<\/p>\n
Yani, one of the demonstrators, said the families had been
\ngiven the land in the early 1990s after they had been moved by
\nthe local administration to make way for the construction of Jl.
\nPembangunan III.<\/p>\n
\"We demand the administration give us ownership documents for
\nthe land so that we can live here safely,\" H. Nisin, a
\ndemonstrator, said.<\/p>\n
PT AP spokesman Enking Baihaki insisted the land belonged to
\nthe company and that the families would have to move if the
\ncompany required the land.<\/p>\n
However, the municipal administration secretary, Wahidin
\nHalim, said the families were in the right and their rights must
\nbe protected.<\/p>\n
\"We will gather evidence for the families' ownership documents
\nto the land, and we will also investigate why PT AP claimed the
\nland,\" he said.--JP<\/p>",
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