Avoid eviction by force

Avoid eviction by force

From Pikiran Rakyat

Tanjung Duren, an area near the luxury apartments of Taman Anggrek in West Jakarta, was formerly a vast expanse of uninhabited land. The Jakarta regional administration allowed the land to be cultivated, but later unknown parties built and sold houses to locals.

Now with projects planned for the land, the settlers are being forcefully evicted from their houses, which is no solution at all. The authorities should have driven off those who first built the houses illegally and duped innocent people into buying them.

In fact, the government should act as a mediator between the occupants and the legitimate land owners. It should also pay compensation to the evictees because of its negligence in allowing the sale of the illegal houses. The unlawful settlement builders must also be investigated and substitute land provided for the evictees.

IRINA Bandung