Eviction victims seeks NU's help<\/p>\n
After failing to get appropriate compensation from
\nthe city administration, 15 people representing forced eviction
\nvictims came to the office of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) to seek former
\npresident Abdurrahman \"Gus Dur\" Wahid's help.<\/p>\n
However, the victims, accompanied by at least 14 non-
\ngovernment organizations under the banner of Jaringan Anti
\nPenggusuran (the Network for Anti Forced Eviction), failed to
\nmeet the former president, who is the chief of NU's patron board.<\/p>\n
They were received by one NU executive, Andi Jamaro Dulung,
\nwho pledged to follow up the matter through the organisation's
\nmembers in the government and the legislative body.<\/p>\n
The victims of forced evictions represented illegal squatters
\nin Teluk Gong in North Jakarta, Halim in East Jakarta, and street
\nvendors operating along Jl. Sudirman and Jl. Thamrin in Central
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
One of the victims, Nassar, said they had decided to go to the
\nNU headquarters because they had failed to get a solution from
\nthe government.<\/p>\n
Previously, they have sought the assistance of the city
\ncouncil and the National Human Rights Committee. --JP<\/p>",
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