Komnas HAM to probe evictions<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM)
\nhas set up a team to investigate a string of evictions in the
\ncity, which many claim have violated people's basic rights, a
\ncommission member said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Taheri Noor said the team, of which he is a member, would be
\nled by the commission's deputy chairman, Solahuddin Wahid, and
\nwould conduct direct investigations in the field.<\/p>\n
\"We consider these evictions in Jakarta to be a serious
\nmatter,\" Taheri said.<\/p>\n
He added that the commission, along with the National
\nCommission on Child Protection and the National Commission on
\nViolence Against Women, would hold a meeting with the West
\nJakarta mayor and his officials, the local police chief, as well
\nas officials from the state housing company, Perum Perumnas, on
\nMonday.<\/p>\n
In the last two weeks, municipality and security officers have
\nevicted hundreds of residents occupying Perum Perumnas' 55-
\nhectare site in East Cengkareng and Kamal subdistricts, West
\nJakarta, despite the residents' pleas for a delay as they had yet
\nto find new places to live.<\/p>\n
Dozens of the evicted residents are now sheltering in the
\nparking lot of the Komnas HAM offices on Jl. Latuharhary, Central
\nJakarta. -- JP<\/p>",
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