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        "id": 1484316,
        "msgid": "palu-residents-attack-pig-farms-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-10-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "Palu residents attack pig farms",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Palu residents attack pig farms Ruslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Palu Members of a Muslim youth organization on Wednesday attacked several pig farms in South Tatura they said were polluting the area as the police looked on. About 20 pigs were slaughtered in the attack and farmers estimated total losses at Rp 75 million (US$7,978). No one was injured. The youths, mostly local villagers carrying spears, machetes and wooden sticks, began arriving at the breeding farms on Wednesday morning.",
        "content": "<p>Palu residents attack pig farms<\/p>\n<p>Ruslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Palu<\/p>\n<p>Members of a Muslim youth organization on Wednesday attacked<br>\nseveral pig farms in South Tatura they said were polluting the<br>\narea as the police looked on.<\/p>\n<p>About 20 pigs were slaughtered in the attack and farmers<br>\nestimated total losses at Rp 75 million (US$7,978). No one was<br>\ninjured.<\/p>\n<p>The youths, mostly local villagers carrying spears, machetes<br>\nand wooden sticks, began arriving at the breeding farms on<br>\nWednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>They attacked several sheds -- mostly belonging to Christians<br>\n-- accusing the farmers of polluting the Palu River.<\/p>\n<p>They were not arrested on leaving the scene despite the<br>\npresence of police.<\/p>\n<p>Muslim residents resented the presence of the farms and had<br>\nfiled their objections with the Palu municipal government, which<br>\nrecently ordered the farmers to relocate away from residential<br>\nareas.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers had ignored the order, sparking anger among Palu<br>\nresidents, who later took the law into their own hands.<\/p>\n<p>Yorim, a pig breeder, said the attack was a brutal and cruel<br>\nact of violence perpetrated by irresponsible people. The breeders<br>\nwould notify the city administration and the council, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Yorim estimated the attack cost the pig breeders about Rp 75<br>\nmillion, which included the costs of the slaughtered pigs, which<br>\nwere worth between Rp 600,000 and Rp 800,000 each, he said.<\/p>\n<p>South Tatura Muslim youth organization leader Abdul Haris<br>\ndefended the vandalism. The pig farms had polluted the area and<br>\nthreatened public order, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"The farms give out a bad odor and this is offensive,<br>\nespecially during Ramadhan,\" Haris said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had warned the breeders several times to relocate<br>\ntheir farms but had been ignored.<\/p>\n<p>\"As the pig breeders were so errant, we decided in a meeting<br>\nto take decisive action to end the pollution and the stench,\"<br>\nHaris said.<\/p>",
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