Satpol PP Demolishes 17 Illegal Structures in Cilincing

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) demolished 17 unauthorised structures on Jalan Kompleks Pelindo II Pedongkelan, RT 03/RW 09, Cilincing sub-district, North Jakarta, on Thursday.

Roslely Tambunan, head of the Cilincing sub-district Satpol PP, said the action was carried out to enforce Regional Regulation No. 8 of 2007 on Public Order. Before the demolition, officers had issued the owners of the stalls a series of warnings, from the first to the third warning letter.

“Today’s demolition was the final step after all stages of warnings had been carried out persuasively,” she said.

She said the aim was to restore the public space so it could be orderly and used for its intended purpose. Of the 17 structures demolished, 14 were food and drink stalls, two were used to store scrap materials, and one was a tyre-repair stall.

Five trucks were deployed to support the clean-up, with crews from Satpol PP and the municipal agencies responsible for the environment, water resources, parks and urban forests, and public works. “Officers immediately removed all the demolition debris so the area could be clean again,” Roslely said.

Cilincing village head Yuyun Yuniarti said her office would follow up by reorganising the area in coordination with other agencies, to prevent illegal structures from being erected there again.

“Once the demolition and clean-up are complete, we plan to build a pavement for pedestrians and carry out normalisation of the drainage channel so the local drainage system functions optimally,” she said.

Yuyun praised all personnel involved, saying the operation had proceeded in an orderly manner and in accordance with procedure. She urged residents to help maintain public order and use public facilities for their intended purpose, and to ensure that illegal structures did not return after the demolition.