Pasar Jaya refuses to see traders

Pasar Jaya refuses to see traders

The management of PD Pasar Jaya, the city-owned market
authority, has refused to meet traders from the Ampera market in
Kampung Ambon, East Jakarta.

Security officers informed the traders of the rebuff on
Tuesday when they went to the PD Pasar Jaya office.

The traders, who were accompanied by lawyers from the Legal
Aid Foundation (LBH), went to see the Pasar Jaya management to
protest the sealing of their kiosks and irregularities in the
development of the market.

The traders are complaining that PD Pasar Jaya has sealed
their trading spaces since Aug. 31, saying that they failed to
pay the renovation fee.

The renovation, conducted by PD Pasar Jaya, is expected to
cost Rp 2 million per square meter.

The traders said that they refused to pay the fee because the
renovation has reduced the size of their kiosks. (bsr)