Residents destroy store buildings

TANGERANG: Occupants of Vila Pamulang Mas and Reni Jaya housing compounds in Pondok Benda, Pamulang district, ran amok on Tuesday and destroyed newly built stores on reclaimed land that served as a water catchment in Vila Pamulang Mas housing compound.

"We have protested the reclamation of Tujuh Muara lake in repeated rallies at the district administration office, but our fear of possible floods and drought due to the loss of the water catchment area was ignored," a resident who refused to be named told The Jakarta Post.

The administration claimed to have summoned the developer, Yoni Witata, several times for clarification, but he is still receiving treatment at a hospital in Singapore.--JP