Tsunami victims protest land demarcation<\/p>\n
Around one hundred people affected by the Dec. 26 tsunami in
\nAceh staged a protest on Thursday against the state land agency's
\n(BPN) plan to handle the demarcation of their land.<\/p>\n
The protesters from 24 villages in Aceh Besar and Banda Aceh
\nwere led by Wardah Hafidz, who represented Uplink Indonesia, a
\nnon-governmental organization.<\/p>\n
They arrived at the BPN office at around 10 a.m. in motorized
\npedicabs and on motorcycles. They demanded that the agency stop
\nmeasuring their land. The demarcation process is necessary for
\nthe rebuilding of their destroyed homes.<\/p>\n
Wardah argued that Uplink Indonesia in cooperation with local
\nresidents had already measured the land using an \"accountable
\nprocess and standard\" in line with the procedures set out by the
\nAceh Land Right Recovery and Land Administration System
\nReconstruction.<\/p>\n
\"Specifically, for the 24 villages (of the protesters), we are
\nasking local land agencies to conduct random checks of the land
\ndemarcation, which used the method of total station survey,\" she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Wardah said if the BPN remeasured the land it would waste as
\nmuch as Rp 9.6 billion (US$960,000) in state funds.<\/p>\n
However, the protesters under tight police guard, were unable
\nto meet Aceh's BPN office head Razali Yahya, who was said to be
\nattending a meeting in Jakarta.<\/p>",
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