Pig enclosure protested

Pig enclosure protested

TANGERANG (JP): Hundreds of residents of Kohod, Tanjung
Burung, Tanjung Pasir and Melayu Barat villages in Pakuaji
district here went to the Tangerang regency office on Monday,
demanding the closure of a pig farm in their area.

H. Sanusi, spokesman for the protesters, said they were forced
to go to the regency office because the complaints they'd filed
over the last few years had not been heeded.

He said that the closure of the breeding center was badly
needed because its owners dumped waste straight into the nearby
Cisadane river, where local residents bathed, washed clothes and
took water for drinking.

"Moreover the pig farm, which started operating in 1983, also
spreads a really bad smell over the surrounding area," he said.

Most people living near the facility, he said, were devoted
Moslems, who frequently used water from the river to perform
ablution before prayers.

Sanusi said that residents sent letters of complaint on Sept.
20 to Tangerang regent Agus Djunara, West Java Governor R.
Nuriana, the West Java Legislative Council, the Indonesian Ulemas
Council, the Jakarta Military Command and the Jakarta Police.

"If there is still no response, I will not hesitate to gather
a bigger crowd to complain at the Tangerang regency office," he
said. (41/ivy)