Sutiyoso also threatened to bring the issue to Home Affairs

Sutiyoso also threatened to bring the issue to Home Affairs Minister Hari Sabarno, but until Wednesday he failed to show up at the home affairs ministry office.

"As we have now reached a stalemate, I will ask the Home Affairs Minister to help solve the problem," Sutiyoso said on Tuesday.

The conflict over the site worsened after two garbage trucks belonging to the Jakarta administration were set alight by Bekasi residents upset at seeing the trucks' drivers dumping garbage in a street near the dump site.