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