Kedoya residents ask for payment<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Residents of the Kedoya Utara subdistrict in
\nWest Jakarta complained at the National Commission on Human
\nRights yesterday about not receiving any compensation for the
\ndemolition of their homes by public order officers.<\/p>\n
Soepadmo, one of the eight people representing about 700
\nfamilies, said that since the demolition of their houses in 1995,
\nthe residents had lived in tents and makeshift houses.<\/p>\n
\"Without any prior discussion we were ordered to move before
\nthe public order officers, assisted by both police and military
\npersonnel, demolished our houses,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The demolished houses, on Jl. Garden Baru and Jl. Suka Indah
\nin the Kebon Jeruk district, had accommodated about 5,000 people.<\/p>\n
The residents said they bought the seven-hectare plot at an
\naverage price of Rp 25,000 (US$9.6 at current rates) per square
\nmeter in 1986.<\/p>\n
But the West Jakarta Mayoralty claimed later that the land
\nbelonged to the Tangerang irrigation office and wanted to turn
\nthe land into a park, they said.<\/p>\n
The residents said they would leave if given Rp 500,000 per
\nsquare meter of their land and compensation of between Rp 200,000
\nand Rp 400,000 per square meter for their houses. (jun)<\/p>",
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