Farmers protest land takeover

Farmers protest land takeover

BANDUNG, West Java: A group of farmers demonstrated outside
the West Java High Court demanding an objective trial of their
case against PT Cisadane Perdana, a developer that appropriated
their land.

One of the farmers, Ihsan, said yesterday the dispute began
with the issuance in 1994 of a land certificate which stated the
77.5 hectares of land in Sawangan district, Bogor regency, which
was previously owned by 285 farmers, was no longer theirs.

Ihsan said it was ancestral land and had never been sold to
anyone.

The farmers, thrown off their land last year, previously took
their grievances to the House of Representatives and the National
Commission on Human Rights, all to no avail. (17/31)