Squatters refuse to vacate land<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Some 100 people, who had occupied land owned by state
\nhousing company Perum Perumnas in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta,
\nrefused to leave their homes because they had paid local
\nofficials to allow them to stay.<\/p>\n
Spokesman of the squatters Isrullah Mufti said at the City
\nCouncil on Monday that they had paid city police officers, plus
\nofficials from subdistrict office and related agencies, Rp 4
\nmillion (US$488) to Rp 10 million to remain on the land.<\/p>\n
\"We don't have receipts because they didn't want to give us
\nany. If the council wants us to identify the officials, we'll do
\nso,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The people occupied part of the 35,470 square meter (sq m)
\nsite in Kebon Kosong subdistrict, Kemayoran. They had used the
\nland to build semi-permanent shops. Each person occupied some 30
\nsq m to 100 sq m of land.<\/p>\n
Isrullah said that the officials had offered them the land for
\npurchase, although they knew that it was illegal. The reason the
\npeople gave them money was that they wanted to do business there.<\/p>\n
City public order officers demolished their property on June
\n25, a day after the Jakarta Administrative Court issued a decree
\nto delay the demolition.<\/p>\n
Central Jakarta Mayor Petra Lumbun said that he received the
\nwritten decree at 4:30 p.m. on the day after demolition had been
\ncompleted. -- JP<\/p>",
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