Rights commission urges solution

Rights commission urges solution

SURABAYA: A team from the National Commission on Human Rights
urged the city administration to resolve the land row in Tubanan
district once and for all along the lines of an agreement it
helped broker last year.

The team was disappointed that the private developer, PT Darmo
Permai, had not yet paid the compensation for the land it had
acquired from the Tubanan people, even though houses had already
been built and occupied.

The row, which dates back to 1973, appeared to have been
resolved after all the parties agreed to a settlement that was
mediated by the commission in 1995. (15)