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        "msgid": "komnas-wont-force-people-to-leave-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-05-03 00:00:00",
        "title": "Komnas won't force people to leave",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Komnas won't force people to leave JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights denied yesterday that it would use force in dealing with 250 people who have been squatting at its office since April 24, a commission member said. Muhammad Salim said the commission wanted the Depok families to leave the office on Jl. Latuharhari, Central Jakarta. \"But we don't want to use force,\" he added. The Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. M.",
        "content": "<p>Komnas won't force people to leave<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights denied<br>\nyesterday that it would use force in dealing with 250 people<br>\nwho have been squatting at its office since April 24, a<br>\ncommission member said.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Salim said the commission wanted the Depok families<br>\nto leave the office on Jl. Latuharhari, Central Jakarta. \"But we<br>\ndon't want to use force,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. M. Ibrahim visited<br>\nthe commission office and talked with commission members and the<br>\nsquatters.<\/p>\n<p>\"We did not ask the police to come here. The officer wanted to<br>\nmeet the people and ask them what their problems are,\" Salim<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The squatters, including children and babies, were evicted<br>\nfrom their residences in Pancoran Mas on April 17 as the 1.9<br>\nhectares they were living on belonged to the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p>A week after their 700 shanties were demolished, they sought<br>\nhelp from the rights commission and refused to leave until their<br>\ndemands were met.<\/p>\n<p>The rights commission has been providing meals for the<br>\nfamilies.<\/p>\n<p>Salim said the commission would not be tough on the \"refugees\"<br>\nas it believed that someday they would leave the office<br>\nvoluntarily.<\/p>\n<p>The rights commission secretary-general, Baharuddin Lopa, had<br>\nearlier asked the people to leave the office, suggesting they<br>\nrent small houses.<\/p>\n<p>\"They are not poor families. The fathers are mostly drivers,\"<br>\nLopa said last week.<\/p>\n<p>The commission has written to the mayoralty and the Ministry<br>\nof Social Services, asking them to arrange temporary shelter for<br>\nthe evicted people.<\/p>\n<p>The squatters said they would refuse to be moved to the<br>\nMinistry of Social Services' house for the homeless in Pondok<br>\nBambu, East Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>\"We want to be allowed to return to Pancoran Mas,\" a squatter<br>\nsaid. (jun)<\/p>",
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