Residents protest slaughterhouse

Residents protest slaughterhouse

TANGERANG: Residents of Cempaka Putih village in Ciputat,
Tangerang, are complaining about a poultry slaughterhouse that
they claim has polluted the neighborhood.

"We have to put up with the stench coming from the
slaughterhouse. We have submitted complaints to the owner, the
subdistrict and district chiefs, but they have fell on deaf
ears," a resident, Juin Saberi, 39, said on Wednesday.

Other residents warned of possible vandalism should the
slaughterhouse owner keep on ignoring their demands to close down
the business, as they said it was unlicensed.

"We will immediately report this matter to Regent Ismet
Iskandar ... the slaughterhouse has no license to operate here,"
another resident, Kiroat, 32, said.

Separately, Ismet said that he would visit the slaughterhouse
together with his assistants from the animal husbandry agency and
the public order agency. -- Antara