Guards of illegal villas 'will kill if necessary'<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Like security men whom we frequently see in mafia movies, the
\nsecurity guards of illegal villas and other properties at the
\nPuncak tourist resort also have a typically rough attitude.<\/p>\n
For example, they think that they must adopt a stern
\nexpression at all times. If necessary, they will not hesitate to
\nintimidate anyone violating the rules as they see them.<\/p>\n
\"I'd kill if necessary,\" said the guard of a villa in
\nSukagalih village in Cisarua subdistrict, Bogor regency, West
\nJava, when The Jakarta Post began to interview him in the
\nvillage, some eight kilometers from the main Bogor-Bandung
\nthoroughfare.<\/p>\n
The guard then told a story about a villager who left the
\nvillage because the man feared him due to being unable to repay a
\nloan.<\/p>\n
The villa, owned by a middle-ranking army officer in Jakarta,
\nhas legal status. But an official in the village office said the
\nowner of the villa claimed a large area of state land around the
\nvilla after he had bought it from squatters.<\/p>\n
Ace Sulaeman, an official of PTP Nusantara VIII state-owned
\nplantation company, said that the state land was initially only
\nplanted with vegetables, but eventually, villas started to appear
\nthere.<\/p>\n
Such villa development can be seen in several villages in
\nCisarua subdistrict.<\/p>\n
However, the villa's janitor, who spoke on condition of
\nanonymity, said that his boss often visited the villa,
\nparticularly on the weekend.<\/p>\n
Although he claimed that his boss had entrusted all the
\nplantation's affairs to him, he was reluctant to talk about the
\nplantation. He also refused to give the phone number of his boss
\nin Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"I'm willing to give you the phone number, but on one
\ncondition. You should not talk about this plantation with him. If
\nyou do so and my boss gets angry with me, I will hunt you
\nwherever you go,\" he asserted.<\/p>\n
Complaints over such a hostile attitude by guards were also
\nvoiced by journalists covering the demolition of Jakarta Governor
\nSutiyoso's villa in Tugu Utara village, Cisarua district,
\nrecently, as the security guards, who did not wear uniform,
\nrefused to allow them to see other villas in the Citameang
\ncomplex of the village.<\/p>\n
They stood at every road intersection and guided all visitors,
\nparticularly journalists, solely to the site of Sutiyoso's
\ndemolished villa, which had been built on state land.<\/p>\n
Villagers said there were around 20 villas at the Citameang
\ncomplex, two of which had been constructed last year. The
\nvillagers said only that one villa, known as Villa Manado, was
\nstill under construction.<\/p>\n
The guards were reluctant to explain why the journalists were
\nnot allowed to see other villas.<\/p>\n
\"We have allowed you to see the site of Pak Sutiyoso's villa.
\nWe can only guide you there. Why do you ask to see other
\nplaces? ... Just make it simple! This is my source of living.
\nWill you be responsible if we lose our jobs? We are only \"small
\npeople\", so don't disturb us,\" said one of the guards when the
\nPost tried to argue.<\/p>",
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