Retired generals protest eviction

Retired generals protest eviction

JAKARTA: At least 18 retired Army generals sought on Monday
legal protection after alleging they were being intimidated by
the Army, which wishes to evict them from an Army housing complex
on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta.

"The Army no longer respects its own sons. Such use of terror
tactics is a violation of human rights," spokesman for the
retired generals Brig. Gen. (ret) Ben Mboi told a media
conference at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) office.

Mboi, a former governor of East Nusa Tenggara, said the acts
of terror and intimidation included the placement of a bulldozer
in front of the generals' houses, preventing garbage trucks from
picking up trash from the houses and destruction of letters and
parcels sent to them.

He said the retired generals, who had lived there for almost
30 years based upon a written order from the Army chief of staff,
would not resist an order to leave their houses if it were signed
by the Army chief.

The eviction order was signed by Army detachment commander
Col. Endang Supriadi. It gives them until the end of April to
move out. --JP