Eviction victims seeks NU's help

Eviction victims seeks NU's help

After failing to get appropriate compensation from
the city administration, 15 people representing forced eviction
victims came to the office of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) to seek former
president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid's help.

However, the victims, accompanied by at least 14 non-
government organizations under the banner of Jaringan Anti
Penggusuran (the Network for Anti Forced Eviction), failed to
meet the former president, who is the chief of NU's patron board.

They were received by one NU executive, Andi Jamaro Dulung,
who pledged to follow up the matter through the organisation's
members in the government and the legislative body.

The victims of forced evictions represented illegal squatters
in Teluk Gong in North Jakarta, Halim in East Jakarta, and street
vendors operating along Jl. Sudirman and Jl. Thamrin in Central
Jakarta.

One of the victims, Nassar, said they had decided to go to the
NU headquarters because they had failed to get a solution from
the government.

Previously, they have sought the assistance of the city
council and the National Human Rights Committee. --JP