Squatters to receive compensation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The mayoralty has agreed to pay compensation,
\nranging from Rp 300,000 to Rp 500,000, to squatters evicted from
\nthe riverbank in Pejambon, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Mayor Abdul Kahfi said yesterday that the compensation would
\nbe paid soon after the families accept the amount offered.<\/p>\n
He said the amount of compensation would not be raised. \"The
\nsquatters have to accept the amount of money or they get
\nnothing,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The policy is a setback for the mayoralty, which initially
\nstated it would not give any money to the squatters. The
\nmayoralty said that the families, squatting on state-owned land,
\nactually had no right to compensation.<\/p>\n
The squatters, whose homes were torn down by the city
\nadministration on Oct. 19, had earlier demanded Rp 5 million
\ncompensation for each family.<\/p>\n
The mayoralty said the pulling down of the structures was in
\nline with the administration's clean river program.<\/p>\n
The city administration earlier offered the squatters three
\nchoices: return to their hometowns, move to low-cost apartments
\nin Karet Tengsin or join the transmigration program.<\/p>\n
Some squatters said they wanted to be resettled in Lampung.<\/p>\n
Kahfi said the administration is waiting to learn of the
\npossibility of relocating the squatters to Lampung. Lampung, in
\nsouthern Sumatra, transmigrates its own residents and has been
\nclosed to transmigrants from other provinces.<\/p>\n
Kahfi also said that there would be no subsidies for the
\nsquatters who choose to live in apartments.<\/p>\n
\"Under the regulation, the authority only subsidizes residents
\nwho move to an apartment due to an accident,\" he said. (32)<\/p>",
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