Retired police protest eviction

Retired police protest eviction

SURABAYA: Around 400 retired police officers and their
families living at the Medaeng Mobile Brigade police dormitory in
Waru, Sidoarjo district, lodged a complaint with city councillors
on Thursday over what they consider to be their forced eviction
by local police authorities.

Group coordinator Budi Kumandung said police had intimidated
and forced 400 families in the housing complex to leave without
giving financial compensation or providing alternative housing.

"We refuse to move out because they just provided some trucks
to load our belongings onto without considering where we have to
head to," Budi said.

East Java Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comm. Sad Harunantyo,
meanwhile, said that his team would go ahead with its plan to
clear the dormitory to make way for junior personnel.

"Actually, most of the current residents own other houses but
they rent them out to other people. We will not give them any
compensation because there is no budget for it," he said. --JP