Residents attack project site<\/p>\n
SEMARANG: About 200 residents from the Bandarharjo sub-
\ndistrict attacked heavy equipment owned by PT Cipta Guna Semarang
\nwhich they claim has caused flooding in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
\"For three days after the company reclaimed fishponds (for a
\nhousing project), our houses were inundated by up to three meters
\nof water,\" Suparno, a resident, told The Jakarta Post yesterday.<\/p>\n
Sutopo, head of the community neighborhood unit, said the
\nresidents' unrest started about four months ago when the land
\nreclamation first began.<\/p>\n
Irawan of PT Cipta Guna said the company could understand why
\nthe residents were upset, but regretted they resorted to
\nvandalism.<\/p>\n
\"We could have talked and negotiated. They shouldn't have
\ndestroyed the project's equipment,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Residents gathered together at around 7 a.m. and headed to the
\nproject site where they vandalized the heavy equipment. They did
\nnot stop until dozens of police and military personnel came to
\ndisperse them. (har\/14)<\/p>",
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