Illegal buildings to be demolished

Illegal buildings to be demolished

BOGOR (JP): Bogor administration is set to dismantle 30
illegal buildings on the Gunung Mas tea plantation, Puncak,
spokesman Helmi Gustian said on Friday.

"If we let illegal buildings mushroom in the area, many will
follow and they will ruin the environmental side of the
plantation as a green belt area," Helmi said.

The action is to be conducted soon, following reports of the
looting and destruction of hundreds of hectares of tea
plantations by hired mobs in the Gunung Mas area causing at least
Rp 8.2 billion in losses.

It is alleged that the mobs, hired by land brokers, vandalized
the plantations to evict the farmers and later occupy the land,
before selling it to interested parties to develop villas or
other buildings.

Gunung Mas has a total of 1,700 hectares of tea plantations,
which are located in eight villages, namely Tugu Selatan, Kopo,
Citeko, Cikupa, Sukamanah, Sukagalih, Sukaresti and Sukalaya. The
villages are part of Bogor's Megamendung and Cisarua districts.
(21/edt)