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        "msgid": "residents-reject-pelnis-land-compensation-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-02-16 00:00:00",
        "title": "Residents reject Pelni's land compensation",
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        "summary": "Residents reject Pelni's land compensation JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-nine families living in a housing complex on Jl. Pembangunan, Central Jakarta, have rejected a compensation offer from the state-owned shipping company PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni), which wants to expel them from their homes. The residents claim that the money offered by Pelni is too little to adequately compensate them for the loss of their houses, which are built on land which is owned by the shipping company.",
        "content": "<p>Residents reject Pelni's land compensation<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Twenty-nine families living in a housing complex<br>\non Jl. Pembangunan, Central Jakarta, have rejected a compensation<br>\noffer from the state-owned shipping company PT Pelayaran Nasional<br>\nIndonesia (Pelni), which wants to expel them from their homes.<\/p>\n<p>The residents claim that the money offered by Pelni is too<br>\nlittle to adequately compensate them for the loss of their<br>\nhouses, which are built on land which is owned by the shipping<br>\ncompany.<\/p>\n<p>The land dispute is currently before the Jakarta<br>\nAdministrative Court.<\/p>\n<p>John Rorimpandey, one of the residents, said that the company<br>\nannounced its intention expel them in February last year. It<br>\noffered each family compensation of between Rp 27 million (US$<br>\n12,267) and Rp 35 million, depending of the size of their land<br>\nand buildings, as well as an additional Rp 1 million for moving<br>\nexpenses.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by Capt. John F. Rainard, the<br>\ncompany's technical director, who is also the head of the land-<br>\nclearing committee.<\/p>\n<p>John said that in June the committee sent a letter saying that<br>\nthe committee had increased the amount offered for moving<br>\nexpenses from Rp 1 million to Rp 6 million for each family.<\/p>\n<p>One woman, who asked not to be named, told reporters that the<br>\nresidents, mostly former employees of the company, did not oppose<br>\nthe expulsion plan. \"But please give us proper compensation,\" she<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>John said that the compound had previously been home to 69<br>\nfamilies, but that 40 of them had already moved away.<\/p>\n<p>\"Those who have moved away are still working at the firm and<br>\nare afraid that the company will fire them if they do not leave<br>\nthe compound,\" John said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Paul Kawilarang, a retired Pelni seaman who was<br>\nresponsible for the housing distribution for the firm's employees<br>\nin 1958, said that the company's plan to clear its housing<br>\ncompound is without legal basis.<\/p>\n<p>According to Paul, the company has no right to expel the<br>\nresidents from the housing compound. The only party with the<br>\nright to sell the land, Paul says, is the Minister of Finance.<br>\n(mas)<\/p>",
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