Residents block Jl. Ciputat Raya

Residents block Jl. Ciputat Raya

TANGERANG: Hundreds of Ciputat residents blocked off Jl.
Ciputat Raya for almost three hours on Monday to protest the
construction of a welcome gate by the Jakarta administration in
the regency, about 200 meters from the border of Jakarta and
Tangerang.

The protesters, of the Association of Betawi Families in
Ciputat and its surroundings, held the protest from 9 a.m. until
noon, causing a massive traffic jam in the area.

Heri, secretary general of the association, said that they
demanded the gate, which was completed last month, to be
demolished.

A Tangerang regency councillor, Purwandi, arrived at the scene
and talked to the protesting residents. He promised to ask for a
clarification about the exact location of the boundary from the
regency administration. -- JP