Dormitory terrorized by youths

Dormitory terrorized by youths

JAKARTA (JP): Twenty residents of a women's dormitory on Jl. Senopati 3, South Jakarta, expressed their concern yesterday over acts of violence allegedly being carried out by young men belonging to a powerful youth organization, in a bid to expel them from their abode.

The spokesperson for the residents told The Jakarta Post that she had sent a letter to the chief of the Jakarta chapter of the National Agency for Stability and Security, the Jakarta military commander and the city police chief to report the terrorization and ask for protection.

The spokesperson, who asked for anonymity, said that the ordeal began on Feb. 4 when some members of the youth organization stopped them from making a new septic tank and from using their bathroom.

"The young men are very rude and hostile to us. They said that the dormitory had been bought by Mrs. Betty Siahaan," she said.

The spokesperson said that on Feb. 8 the young men from the youth organization came back with a truck and destroyed some of the dormitory's decorative plants.

The young men also demolished some of the dormitory's walls, the spokesperson said.

On Feb. 11, the young men came back and burned the decorative plants and the debris of the walls they tore down.

On Feb. 12, they came again to destroy the trees, such as jackfruit, star fruit and mango trees. On Feb. 17 and Feb. 21, they continued their intimidating actions.

The spokesperson, who said that most of the dormitory residents have been living there over the last 15 years, also complained that the official from the subdistrict administration is not giving any support or protecting them. (mas)