Squatters face eviction

Squatters face eviction

BATAM, Riau: The Batam industrial authority plan to demolish
some 1,200 houses erected on a plot belonging to the government
and evict their inhabitants saying that the community will create
social problems.

A chief of the authority's task force Soeryohadi Djatmiko said
the military have started to approach the squatters, most of whom
are workers from outside the island.

Soeryohadi said the authority will move to tear down the
houses if the residents decline to do it themselves.

Illegal houses are scattered in areas such as Kabil, Muka
Kuning, Sekupang and Batu Ampar. (rmn/par)