70 fishing families lose homes

70 fishing families lose homes

JAKARTA: Some 70 fishing families in East Ancol lost their
temporary homes on Friday afternoon after the North Jakarta
public order office bulldozed the structures and burned the
remains.

Uli Parulian Sihombing from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute
(LBH) said the officers had also burned a pier where the
fishermen docked their boats.

The fishing families are staying at the LBH office on Jl.
Diponegoro, Central Jakarta, he said, adding that they planned to
complain about the incident to members of the House of
Representatives.

Uli also said that his assistant, who was with the fishermen
during the demolition, was hit by public order officers. The case
will be reported to the Indonesian Bar Association.

Early this month, the office demolished their houses in the
Ancol fishing village for the development of a recreation center,
but the people refused to leave and rebuilt their homes. --JP