200 families need relocating

200 families need relocating

PEKANBARU, Riau: About 200 families have to be moved because
they live in areas that fall under the concession of oil company
PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia.

Chief of the Tapung subdistrict Bachtiar Ismail said yesterday
that almost all of the families in Kota Batak, 190 kilometers
west of here, to be relocated are migrants from other provinces.

Bachtiar said the residents are mostly plantation workers. The
company plans to build high voltage cables and piping systems
through the areas.

"Some residents said they would stay and issue a statement
saying that they would bear all possible consequences," Bachtiar
was quoted as saying by Antara. (pan)