Tribesmen burn migrants' houses<\/p>\n
JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Tribesmen from the Kwimi village, about
\n43 km south of here, burned down six new houses Friday which had
\nbeen built for migrants under a government resettlement scheme,
\nAntara reported yesterday.<\/p>\n
The houses were unoccupied.<\/p>\n
Kwimi's tribal leader, Johnes Nongguar, said he ordered the
\narson because his villages had not been adequately compensated
\nfor the tribe's sago forest that had been felled for the housing
\nproject. Sago is locals' staple food.<\/p>\n
Nongguar said the tribe had voluntarily surrendered their land
\nfor the resettlement site but had demanded compensation for the
\nfelled sago trees.<\/p>\n
Two million rupiah (US$818) was paid as compensation to the
\nchief of the nearby Arso village who had no claim on the land.<\/p>\n
Under the government's resettlement program, millions of
\npeople are moved from the densely-populated islands of Java and
\nBali to the outer islands, including Irian Jaya, which have low
\npopulation densities. (swe)<\/p>",
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